(1) An employee shall, after examination at the expense of the
employer—
(a) by a registered medical practitioner duly appointed by the
employer; or
(b) if no such medical practitioner is appointed or, if having
regard to the nature or circumstances of the illness, the
services of the medical practitioner so appointed are not
obtainable within a reasonable time or distance, by any
other registered medical practitioner or by a medical
officer,
be entitled to paid sick leave,—
(aa) where no hospitalization is necessary,—
(i) of fourteen days in the aggregate in each calendar
year if the employee has been employed for less than
two years;
(ii) of eighteen days in the aggregate in each calendar
year if the employee has been employed for two
years or more but less than five years;
(iii) of twenty-two days in the aggregate in each calendar
year if the employee has been employed for five
years or more; or
(bb) of sixty days in the aggregate in each calendar year if
hospitalization is necessary, as may be certified by such
registered medical practitioner or medical officer: