Singapore legislation
Section 6
Section 6
Relief from liability to pay compensation or damages
(1)
In respect of a war injury sustained during the period of the emergency by any person, and in respect of a war service injury sustained during that period by a civil defence volunteer, no such compensation or damages shall be payable, whether to the person injured or to any other person, as apart from the provisions of this subsection —
would be payable under the Workmen’s Compensation Act [Cap. 354]; or (b)would, whether by virtue of any written law, by virtue of any contract, or at common law, be payable —
in the case of a war injury, by any person; or
in the case of a war service injury sustained by a civil defence volunteer, by the employer of the volunteer, by any person who has any responsibility in connection with his duties as a volunteer or by any other civil defence volunteer,on the ground that the injury in question was attributable to some negligence, nuisance or breach of duty for which the person by whom the compensation or damages would be payable is responsible.
(2)
The failure to give a notice or make a claim or commence proceedings within the time required by any written law shall not be a bar to the maintenance of proceedings in respect of any personal injury, if —
an application for a payment under a scheme, or under any other written law or instrument, has been duly made to the Authority in respect of the injury;
the court before which the proceedings are brought is satisfied that the application was made in the reasonable belief that the injury was such that a payment could be made under the scheme or that other written law or instrument, as the case may be;
the Authority certifies that the application was rejected, or that payments made in pursuance of the application were discontinued, on the ground that the injury was not such an injury; and
the proceedings are commenced within one month from the date of the certificate of the Authority.