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who is under twenty-one years old and includes—

a posthumous child, a dependent stepchild and an illegitimate child; and

who is of any age and mentally retarded or physically incapacitated, and is incapable of supporting himself;

“self-employment injury” means personal injury to self-employed insured person caused by an accident or an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of his self-employment activity including while travelling for the purpose of his self-employment activity;

“contribution” means the sum of money payable to the Organization by the self-employed person in accordance with this Act;

“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under this Act;

“self-employment social security agent” means the agent appointed under section 12;

“benefit” means constant attendance allowance, dependants’ benefit, disablement benefit, education benefit, funeral benefit or medical benefit;

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“permanent total disablement” means any disablement of a permanent nature, which disables a self-employed insured person to carry out any self-employment activity which he was capable of performing prior to or at the time of the self-employment injury;

“temporary disablement” means a condition resulting from a self-employment injury which requires medical treatment and renders a self-employed insured person, as a result of such injury, temporarily incapable of carrying out any self-employment activity which he was capable of performing prior to or at the time of the self-employment injury;

“permanent partial disablement” means any disablement of a permanent nature, which reduces the earning capacity of a self-employed insured person to carry out any self-employment activity which he was capable of performing prior to or at the time of the self-employment injury;

“Committee”

means the

Self-Employment

Social

Security

Committee established under section 9;

“Appellate Medical Board” means the Appellate Medical Board constituted under the Employees’ Social Security (General)

Regulations 1971 [P.U. (A) 99/1971] made under the Employees’

Social Security Act 1969 [Act 4];

“Director General” means the Director General of the Organization appointed under subsection 59(1) of the Employees’ Social Security

Act 1969;

“Fund” means the Self-Employment Social Security Fund established under section 45;

“Board” means the Social Security Organization Board established under section 59B of the Employees’ Social Security Act 1969;

“Minister” means the Minister charged with responsibility for human resources;

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“self-employed person” means any citizen or permanent resident of

Malaysia who is carrying out a self-employment activity to gain earnings in the industry;

“self-employed insured person” means any self-employed person who has registered with the Organization and has paid contribution in accordance with this Act;

“dependant” means a widow or widower, a child, parents, siblings under twenty-one years old or grandparents of the deceased self-employed insured person;

“officers and servants” means officers and servants appointed under section 59L of the Employees’ Social Security Act 1969;

“Inspector” has the meaning assigned to it in the Employees’ Social

Security Act 1969;

“medical assessor” means the medical assessor appointed under the regulations made under this Act;

“Organization” has the meaning assigned to it in the Employees’

Social Security Act 1969;

“industry” includes any business, trade, undertaking, service, manufacture or calling of self-employment as specified in the First

Schedule;

“Scheme” means the Self-Employment Social Security Scheme established under section 4;

“coverage period” means any period up to twelve consecutive months with effect from the time and date the contribution paid by the self-employed insured person and ends at the time and date, as prescribed;

“Deputy Director General” means the Deputy Directors General of the Organization appointed under subsection 59(2) of the Employees’

Social Security Act 1969 including those appointed in accordance with subsection 5(3);

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“Tribunal” means the Social Security Tribunal established under section 58.