Singapore legislation
Clause 2
Clause 2
Amendment of section 3
Section 3(5) of the Work Injury Compensation Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended —
by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (a); and
by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (b) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(c)any injury to an employee suffered in a fight or an attempted assault on one or more persons unless —
the employee did not assault or attempt to assault any other person in the fight or attempted assault, or did assault any such person in the exercise of the right of private defence in accordance with sections 97 to 106 of the Penal Code (Cap. 224); or
the employee was, at the time when the injury was received, breaking up or preventing the fight or assault, or in the course of safeguarding life or any property of any person or maintaining law and order, under any instruction or with the consent (whether express or implied) of his employer or a principal referred to in section 17.”.