Clause 9

by deleting subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(1) When notice of an accident has been given to an employer by a workman or by the Commissioner on the workman’s behalf the employer shall, before the expiry of five days from the time at which service of the notice has been effected, have the workman examined free of charge by a registered medical practitioner and shall pay the cost of any medical treatment and medicines for the workman as the registered medical practitioner considers necessary, and the workman shall submit himself for such examination; and any workman who is in receipt of a half-monthly payment under this Act shall, if so required, submit himself for such examination from time to time:Provided that a workman shall not be required to submit himself for examination by a registered medical practitioner otherwise than in accordance with regulations made under this Act or at shorter intervals than may be prescribed therein.(1A) When medical reports are required for the purpose of this Act, the fees for such reports shall be paid for by the employer.”;

by deleting the words “whose services have been offered to him by the employer free of charge” appearing in the fifth and sixth lines of subsection (2) thereof;

by deleting the expression “whose services have been offered to him by the employer free of charge or, having accepted such offer,” appearing in the second, third and fourth lines of subsection (6) thereof and substituting therefor the word “or”;

by deleting the word “disability” appearing in the eighth line of paragraph (a) of subsection (6) thereof and substituting therefor the word “incapacity”; and

by deleting the word “disablement” wherever it appears in paragraph (b) of subsection (6) thereof and substituting therefor in each case the word “incapacity”.