5. Section 23 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows : -
| (1) by the renumbering of that section as subsection (1) thereof : - |
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| (2) in the renumbered subsection (1), by the substitution for paragraph (e) thereof of the following paragraph: -
| | " (e) after such member ceases to be employed in a covered employment and takes up pensionable employment-
| | | (i) in the public service ; |
| (ii) in the Local Government Service constituted by the Local Government Service Act, No. 16 of 1974; |
| (iii) in the District Service established under section 47 of the Development Councils Act, No. 35 of 1980 ; |
| (iv) in the service of any local authority other than as a member of the Local Government Service : " ; and |
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| (3) by the addition immediately after the renumbered subsection (1) of the following new subsection : -
| | " (2) The Commissioner of Labour may, where he has reason to doubt the genuiness of a Medical Certificate submitted by a member under paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section, refer the member concerned for re-examination by a duly constituted Medical Board or a Government Medical Officer and where on such re-examination the original Medical Certificate is found to be false in any material particular, the Commissioner shall reject such certificate, and he shall be entitled to refuse to accept future medical certificates issued by such registered medical practitioner.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts