SOCIAL LEGISLATION Norway is well abreast of the times in her social legislation. The following is a brief survey of the principal social reform laws in force at the close of 1933. NATIONAL POOR RELIEF The Poor Law Administralion Act of May 19, 1900 (with supplementary acts) comprises all per- sons (adults and children) who lack means of subsistence or for procuring medical treatment and nursing in case of sickness, and who are incapable of procuring the bare necessaries of life and have no relative against whom a right of subsistence can be enforced — always provided that their need is not relieved in any other way. Such persons shall be given »needful aid«. The cost is borne in part by the commune in which the person is temporarily residing and in part by his (her) commune of domicile. Old Age Insurance. The Old Age Insurance Act of December 7, 1923 embraces the whole nation. It provides for communal (municipal) insurance with limited State aid without any individual 165