5Medical examination of employees

#### 5 Medical examination of employees (1) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, and notwithstanding anything contained in any other Act, a person who becomes an employee after the commencement of the Superannuation Act 1965 shall not contribute to the Fund under Part III or to the Provident Account unless: (a) he has, before becoming an employee, or within such period after becoming an employee as the Board allows, undergone a medical examination by a legally qualified medical practitioner approved by the Board; (b) a report of the result of the examination has been furnished by the medical practitioner to the Board; and (c) the Board is satisfied, after considering the report of the medical practitioner, that the health and physical fitness of the person are such as to justify his being accepted as a contributor to the Fund under Part III or to the Provident Account, as the case may be. (2) Where: (a) a person who becomes an employee after the commencement of the Superannuation Act 1965 has, whether before or after becoming an employee, undergone a medical examination by a legally qualified medical practitioner approved by the Public Service Board; (b) a report of the result of the examination has been furnished by the medical practitioner to the Public Service Board; and (c) the Public Service Board certifies, after considering the report of the medical practitioner, that the health and physical fitness of the person are such as to justify his being accepted as a contributor to the Fund under Part III or to the Provident Account; the Superannuation Board may, in its discretion, accept him as a contributor to the Fund under Part III or to the Provident Account.