Malaysia legislation
Section 121a
Section 121a
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—
“dependant”, except for Chapter XVb, means—
(a)
a spouse of an employee;
(b)
a father or a mother—
(i)
including a stepfather or a stepmother of an employee;
(ii)
of illegitimate child of an employee;
(iii)
of any person by whom the employee was adopted in accordance with any written law relating to adoption;
(c)
a grandfather or a grandmother of an employee;
(d)
a child whether illegitimate child or a child adopted in accordance with any written law relating to adoption including stepchild of an employee;
(e)
a brother or a sister including a half-brother, a half-sister, a stepbrother or a stepsister of an employee;
“District Engineer” means any engineer in the service of the Federal or State Government who is for the time being carrying out the duties of the Public Works Department for that district and, for the purposes of subsection (1) of section 121ar, includes any officer authorized in writing in that behalf by the District Engineer;
“estate” means any agricultural land exceeding twenty hectares in extent upon which agricultural operations of any kind are carried on or upon which the produce of any plants or trees is collected or treated, or any mine or any other place of employment so declared by the Minister under section 121b;
“Medical Officer of Health” means any medical practitioner in the service of the
Government or any local authority who is for the time being carrying out the duties of a Medical Officer of Health in any area, district, or local authority area, and includes the
Director General, the Deputy Director General of Health, the Director of Health Services, any Deputy Director of Health Services, any
State Director of Medical and Health Services and any State Deputy Director of Medical and Health Services and, for the purposes of subsection (1) of section 121ar, includes any officer authorized in writing in that behalf by the Medical Officer of Health;
“resident manager” means any employer or agent of an employer who resides on, or is in immediate charge of, the estate in which the employees are employed;
“resident registered medical practitioner”
means any registered medical practitioner employed by the employer and who resides on the estate in which the employees are employed.
Labour Ordinance of Sabah (Amendment)
37
Power of
Minister to declare place of employment as an estate.