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Employees' Compensation

[1988 Ed.

giving notice as provided in subsection (8), he shall not be entitled to any benefits under this Ordinance during or in respect of the period of his absence. If the period of such absence shall exceed 3 months, the employee shall cease to be entitled to any benefits under this Ordinance. (Amended, 76 of 1982, s. 37)

(10) Without prejudice to any other provision of this Ordinance, an employer who without reasonable excuse fails to make to the employee or to the Court any periodical payment or any proportionate part thereof under this section within a period of 7 days after the date on which such payment falls due (whether under subsection (3) or by agreement or by order of the Court), commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000. (Added, 76 of 1982, s. 7) (Amended, 44 of 1980, s. 15)

Payment of medical expenses

10A. (1) Subject to this Ordinance, if, in any employment, personal injury is caused to an employee by accident occurring on or after the date on which this section comes into operation and arising out of and in the course of his employment his employer shall be liable to pay the medical expenses for the medical treatment in respect of such injury. (Amended, 76 of 1982, s. 8)

(2) Medical expenses which an employer is liable to pay under sub- section (1) shall be payable in addition to any other compensation which the employer is liable to pay under this Ordinance. (Replaced, 76 of 1982, s. 8)

(3) Medical expenses which the employer is liable to pay under subsec- tion (1) shall be payable in accordance with the Third Schedule in respect of the period during which the employee receives medical treatment until the attending medical practitioner or registered dentist certifies that in his opinion no further treatment is required. (Replaced, 76 of 1982, s. 8)

(4) An employer shall not be liable to pay medical expenses under subsection (1)–—

(a) if the employer has provided adequate free medical treatment to the

employee; or

(b) if, by a written undertaking, the employer has agreed to provide adequate free medical treatment and the employee fails, without reasonable excuse, to submit himself for such medical treatment.

(5) Where an employer proposes to provide free medical treatment to an employee for personal injury caused to the employee by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment he shall give to the employee a written undertaking to provide free medical treatment or to pay the medical expenses for the medical treatment and shall not recover any part of the cost of the medical expenses from the employee.

(6) Where an employee has paid for any medical treatment received by him he shall be entitled to recover the medical expenses which his employer is liable to pay under subsection (1) from his employer by serving on the employer a request in writing for the payment of the medical expenses together with a receipt for the payment for the medical treatment.

(7) If an employer does not pay an employee the medical expenses he is liable to pay under subsection (1) within 21 days after the date of receipt of a