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Section 49

Suspension of invalidity pension

of Employees' Social Security Act 1969

ActIn forceProvision 61 of 207
Section 49
(1)

The Organization may suspend invalidity pension for a period not exceeding twelve months if the pensioner has fraudulently acted towards the Organization in connection with any claim which he has made or any payment which he has received.

(2)

The Organization may suspend the pension if and so long as the invalid pensioner—

(a)

engages in any employment by virtue of which he is liable to be insured under this Act, if the amount earned from such employment is more than one third of his average wage before invalidity;

(b)

fails without good cause to appear, when directed, before the medical board or any other authority for verification of the existence or the continued existence of his invalidity;

(c)

refuses or neglects without good cause to comply with any directive issued to him by or on behalf of the Organization in regard to any process of physical or vocational

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rehabilitation or vocational training which he is required to undergo free of charge; or

(d)

fails without good cause to submit himself to any free medical treatment including fitting of prosthetic appliances offered by the Organization for his invalidity or fails to carry out any instructions of the medical officer in whose care he is placed:

Provided that he shall not be required to undergo any operation that is capable of endangering his life or health.