Section 116 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:

(1)  In administering a Court fund, the Supreme Court may order –

(a) that an interim dividend be paid out of the Court fund to a person before all claims payable out of the Court fund have been determined; and

(b) that advance payments be paid out of the Court fund to a person who, in the opinion of the Supreme Court, is suffering personal hardship.