Malaysia legislation

Section 14

of *SELF-EMPLOYMENT SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 2017

Section 14

Determination of activity in certain case, coverage period, etc.

(2)

All claims for benefit shall be in relation to self-employment injury suffered within the coverage period and the Organization may determine whether such claims were made for self-employment injury suffered within the coverage period and reject the claims if the self-employment injury is not within the coverage period.

(3)

Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Organization shall reject all claims for benefit if―

(a)

in the case of injury due to the accident which occurred to the self-employed insured person, seventy-two months had lapsed with effect from the date of such accident; or

(b)

in the case of disease or injury due to occupational disease which occurred to the self-employed insured person, seventy-two months had lapsed with effect from the date of such disease or injury confirmed by a medical officer to him.