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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.

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