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Notification
of industrial
discases.

under this Ordinance be admissible as evidence of the
matters stated therein, but either party may require the
person by whom the analysis was made to be called as
a witness.

(4) It shall not be lawful for any person, except
in so far as is necessary for the purposes of a prosecution
for an offence under this Ordinance, to publish or disclose
to any person the results of an analysis made under this
section, and if any person acts in contravention of this
subsection, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable to
a fine of two hundred and forty dollars.

PART VI.

NOTIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION OF ACCIDENTS
AND INDUSTRIAL DISEASES.

37. (1) Where any accident occurs in a factory which
either—
(a) causes loss of life to a person employed in
that factory; or
(b) disables any such person for more than three
days from earning full wages at the work at which he
was employed,
written notice of the accident, in the prescribed form and
accompanied by the prescribed particulars, shall forthwith
be sent to the inspector for the district.

(2) Where any accident causing disablement is
notified under this section, and after notification thereof
results in the death of the person disabled, notice in writing
of the death shall be sent to the inspector for the district
by the occupier of the factory as soon as the death comes
to his knowledge.

(3) Where any accident to which this section applies
occurs to a person employed and the occupier of the
factory is not the actual employer of the person killed
or injured, the actual employer shall, if he fails to report
the accident to the occupier immediately, be guilty of an
offence and liable to a fine of forty-eight dollars.

38. (1) Every medical practitioner attending on or
called in to visit a patient whom he believes to be suffering