Singapore legislation
Clause 18
Clause 18
Remedies both against employer and stranger
Where any injury for which compensation is payable under this Act was caused under circumstances creating a legal liability in some person other than the employer to pay damages in respect thereof —
the workman may take proceedings against that person to recover damages and may claim against any person liable to pay compensation under this Act, but he shall not be entitled to recover both damages and compensation; and
if the workman has recovered compensation under this Act, the person by whom the compensation was paid, and any person who has been called upon to pay an indemnity under subsection (2) of section 17, shall be entitled to be indemnified by the person so liable to pay damages as aforesaid.