Section 42
Reciprocal arrangements for payment of workman’s compensation
of Workmen'S Compensation Act 1952
Where an arrangement has been made between the
Government of Malaysia and the Government of any part of the
Commonwealth, whereby sums awarded under the law relating to workmen’s compensation in Malaysia to beneficiaries resident or becoming resident in the territory administered by any such
Government, and sums awarded under the law relating to workmen’s compensation in any such territory to beneficiaries resident or becoming resident in Malaysia, may at the request of the authority by which the award is made be transferred to and administered by a competent authority in any such territory or by the Commissioner in Malaysia, as the case may be, money in the hands of the
Commissioner shall be transferred, and money received by him shall be administered, in the manner prescribed.
(2)
In this section “the Commonwealth” shall not include such territories administered by the Government of any part of Her
Britannic Majesty’s dominions in accordance with a mandate from the League of Nations or under the trusteeship system of the
United Nations as Her Britannic Majesty has not, by Order in
Council, directed to be treated as if they were included in Her dominions for the purposes of the Workmen’s Compensation
(Transfer of Funds) Act 1927 [17 and 18 Geo. V c. 15].