Singapore legislation
Clause 4
Clause 4
Amendment of section 13
Section 13 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following: —“(3) If a workman, on being required to do so by the employer under subsection (1) or by the Commissioner, at any time fails to submit himself for examination by a medical practitioner, his right to compensation shall be suspended until the examination has taken place; and if the failure extends over a period of six months from the date when the workman was required to submit himself for examination by the Commissioner, no compensation shall be payable in respect of any injury to the workman resulting from the accident unless the injury results in the death of the workman or unless the Commissioner is satisfied that there was reasonable cause for the failure.”.