(a) which is not certified by a registered medical practitioner
or a medical officer as provided under subsection (1) or a
dental surgeon as provided under subsection (1A); or
(b) which is certified by such registered medical practitioner
or medical officer or dental surgeon, but without
informing or attempting to inform his employer of such
sick leave within forty-eight hours of the commencement
thereof,
shall be deemed to absent himself from work without the permission
of his employer and without reasonable excuse for the days on which
he is so absent from work.
(3) The employer shall pay the employee his ordinary rate of pay
for every day of such sick leave, and an employee on a monthly rate
of pay shall be deemed to have received his sick leave pay if he
receives from his employer his monthly wages, without abatement in
respect of the days on which he was on sick leave, for the month
during which he was on such sick leave.
(4) No employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave for the period
during which the employee is entitled to maternity allowance under
Part IX, or for any period during which he is receiving any
compensation for disablement under the Workmen’s Compensation
Act 1952 [Act 273], or any periodical payments for temporary
disablement under the Employees Social Security Act 1969 [Act 4].