Malaysia legislation
Section 32
Section 32
(2)
For the purposes of subsection (1)—
(a)
a morbid condition shall be deemed to be of permanent nature if it is either incurable or is not likely to be cured;
(b)
an insured housewife shall be deemed to be incapable of engaging in substantial activity of a housewife, if in consequence of the specific morbid condition of sickness or infirmity, she is no longer capable of carrying out any of the activity of a housewife corresponding to her strength and physical ability which might reasonably be performed by her; or
(c)
in determining whether an insured housewife is suffering from invalidity, account shall be taken of any permanent improvement in the state of her invalidity which results or is expected to result from such measures of physical rehabilitation as may be offered to her by the Organization at no cost.
(3)
If an insured housewife has been certified by medical assessor or Appellate Medical Board to be invalid prior to any coverage
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period, the insured housewife shall not be entitled to any morbid allowance.
Eligibility of insured housewife for morbid allowance