Singapore legislation

Clause 4

of Workmen’s Compensation (Amendment) Bill

Clause 4

Amendment of section 4

Section 4 of the principal Act is hereby amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (5) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(5) An employer shall not be liable to pay compensation in respect of any injury which does not incapacitate the workman for a period of three consecutive days from earning full wages at the work at which he was employed.”; and

(b)

by deleting the word “disablement” appearing in subsection (6), in subsection (7) and in subsection (8) thereof and substituting therefor in each case the word “incapacity”.

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