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officer is permitted, on account of illness, to be absent
from duty on full pay and without forfeiting leave of any
other description.
(2) Sick leave up to a maximum of 28 days in any one
year between the 1st January and 31st December may be granted to a head of department by the Colonial Secretary
and to any other officer by the head of his department
provided the necessity for such leave is certified by a
Medical Officer. Provided further that the officer in
who se discretion the grant of such leave lies may accept
the certificate of any registered medical practitioner or
where the probable period of absence does not exceed two days, may dispense altogether with such certificate.
(3) The certificate should specify the probable time
during which the officer will be absent from duty, and at
the end of such time, in the event of the officer's contin-
ued inability through illness to perform the duties of his
office, a further certificate will be required.
(4) The certificate should be sent to the Colonial
Secretary in the case of a head of department, and in the
case of any other officer to the head of his department.
In the latter case the sick leave need not be reported to Government otherwise than in the monthly return, unless
there is reason to think that the illness will result in
absence beyond the allowance of 28 days mentioned in
paragraph (2) when the case should be submitted for consid- eration under the succeeding paragraphs.
(5) In the case of prolonged illness or serious accident confining the officer to house or hospital for a period exceeding the allowance in paragraph (2) the Governor may permit the whole or any portion of the excess to be treated
as sick leave.
(6)