Chapter 386 shall apply to recipients of public assistance assigned to work on public projects pursuant to section 346-31, who shall be deemed employees for the purposes of chapter 386, and an award may be made against the State or a county or other public body according to the project upon which the person injured was engaged at the time of the injury.

[L 1941, c 296, pt of §1; RL 1945, §4837; RL 1955, §108-18; HRS §346-32]