Workers' Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990 s 17
s 17 Sick workers being admitted to a Government hospital
(1) If a worker at the time of his admission to a Government hospital was employed and residing on any estate the employer shall pay the expenses of maintenance and treatment in such hospital of such worker and of any dependant of such worker at such rate as the Minister may, from time to time, prescribe by notification in the Gazette.
(2) The expenses incurred under subsection (1) shall, whatever be the amount, be recoverable from the employer in a Civil Court at the suit of the Medical Officer in charge of such hospital, and the certificate of such Medical Officer shall be sufficient prima facie evidence that the amount therein specified is due from the employer:
Provided that not more than thirty daysβ expenses in hospital in respect of any worker or dependant shall be recoverable.
(3) No expenses paid by an employer under subsection (1) shall be recoverable from any worker.
Malay text (authoritative)
Pekerja sakit yang dimasukkan ke hospital Kerajaan
(1) Jika seorang pekerja pada waktu dia dimasukkan ke hospital Kerajaan bekerja dan tinggal di mana-mana estet, majikan hendaklah membayar perbelanjaan sara hidup dan rawatan di hospital itu bagi pekerja itu dan bagi mana-mana tanggungan pekerja itu pada apa-apa kadar sebagaimana yang ditetapkan oleh Menteri dari semasa ke semasa melalui pemberitahuan dalam Warta.
(2) Perbelanjaan yang dilakukan di bawah subseksyen (1) hendaklah, apa jua pun amaunnya, boleh didapatkan kembali daripada majikan dalam suatu Mahkamah Sivil atas guaman Pegawai Perubatan yang menjaga hospital itu, dan perakuan Pegawai Perubatan itu adalah keterangan prima facie yang mencukupi bahawa amaun yang dinyatakan dalamnya kena dibayar oleh majikan:
Dengan syarat bahawa tidak lebih daripada perbelanjaan tiga puluh hari di dalam hospital berkenaan dengan mana-mana pekerja atau tanggungan boleh didapatkan kembali.
(3) Tiada perbelanjaan yang dibayar oleh seseorang majikan di bawah subseksyen (1) boleh didapatkan kembali daripada mana-mana pekerja.
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Text as at 1 December 2016 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
