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Section 24

Accidents while travelling

of Employees' Social Security Act 1969

ActIn forceProvision 34 of 207
Section 24
(1)

An accident happening to an insured person shall be deemed to arise out of and in the course of his employment if the accident happens while the insured person—

(a)

is travelling on a route between his place of residence or stay and his place of work;

(b)

is travelling on a journey made for any reason which is directly connected to his employment; or

(c)

is travelling on a journey between his place of work and the place where he takes his meal during any authorized recess.

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(2)

If the accident under subsection (1) occurs during any interruption of, or deviation from, the insured person’s journey made for any of the purposes stipulated in the same subsection, the accident shall not be deemed to arise out of and in the course of his employment.