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 work, as well as the minimum living wage, as fixed by the collective agreements concluded between workmen and employers in the locality under consideration.

114. The Department of Social Welfare shall not be permitted to make a decision substituting an aggregate sum in lieu of periodical payments for maintenance.

115. The decision of the Department of Social Welfare relating to the provision of support, the form and the amount thereof, shall be obligatory upon all persons and institutions, shall have the force of a judicial decision and shall be executed in pursuance of the general rules prescribed therefor.

116. Appeals by the interested parties against the decisions of the Department of Social Welfare may be brought at any time in the local courts.

117. The local court in deciding questions pertaining to the payment of support and in determining the amount and form thereof shall take into consideration the principles set forth in Sections 109, 111, and 114 and the general regulations of the legal procedure prescribed for the local people's court.

118. A decision of the local court on any question raised by the appeal shall be subject to a