Section 40
( 1 )
Police Officers and their wives and children who require medical treatment shall receive medicines and such medical attendance as the Government has at its dis
posal free of charge.
(2)
Police
Officers shall report immediately to the officer to whom they are subordinate when they are pre
vented from attending to duty by reason of illness or indis
position.
(3)
Sick leave shall not be granted except on the written recommendation of a Government Medical Officer, or if no Government
Medical Officer is available, on the written recommendation of a hospital assistant.
( 4)
Sick leave at anyone time shall not, ordinarily, exceed fourteen days, but subject to paragraph (6) with the approval of the Chief Po.lice Officer, it may be extended to a maximum of forty-two days in the case of an officer who is confined by illness to house or hospital.
(5)
The aggregate sick leave to which an officer is en
titled in anyone calendar year shall be twenty-eight days, but, subject to paragraph (6), a further fourteen days may be granted by the
Chief Police Officer in the case of an officer who is confined by illness to house or hospital.
(6)
In the case of prolonged illness or serious accident, the whole period during which an officer is confined to house or hospital may, with the special approval of the
Chief
Police Officer, be treated as sick leave.
(7)
In special cases, the Resident may grant leave.
(8)
Where on the termination of leave granted to him, a police officer is certified by a Medical Officer to be still
. unab.le to resume duty, he may be granted leave of any other description for which he may be eligible.
(9)
(a)
A᪽offi᪽er who is found to be suffering from tuberculosis may be granted 'Sick leave' on full pay up to a maximum of six months.
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(b)
If, at the end of six months, the officer is recommended for further treatment by the
State Medical Officer, he may be granted the full pay leave for which he may be eligible.
(c)
If still unfit for duty, and where there is reason to believe that he will ultimately be fit for further service, thereafter he may be granted a further period of half pay leave lip to a maxi
mum of six months.
(d)
If thereafter the officer is still unfit for duty, but the State Medical Officer is of the opinion that there is a possibility of his ultimate re
covery, he may be granted a further extension of leave on no pay.
(e)
Such extension of leave shall only be granted subject to the recommendation of the
State
Medical Officer and with the approval of the
Chief Police Officer.
(f)
Tile date en which an officer, to whom sick leave has been granted in accordance with this regulation ,resumes duty shall be notified to the
Chief Police Officer.
( 10)
(a)
Where an officer is absent from duty on sick Medical certificates.
leave the Medical Offi:cer attending' him shall forward a certificate to the Officer Command-ing the Police District concerned.
(b)
The certificate shall be in lieu of a formal application for leave, and the
Officer Com
manding the Police District shall have recorded the leave taken.
(c)
That Officer may, in his discretion, require the police officer to obtain a certifica te of medical fitness before returning to duty.
(11)
Where an illness is caused by irregular or intern
perate habits, or is certified by a
Government
Medical
Officer to be due to venereal disease which has become ag
gravated or been concealed, the officer or constable shall be provided with medical attendance, medical comforts, diet and accommodation in hospital free of charge, but his pay may, in the discretion of the Chief Police Officer, be stopped for so long as he is absent from duty.
, (12)
Where an illness has been purposely self-inflicted, the officer shall be liable, in addition to any other punishment which may be awarded for a breach of discipline, to pay for his accommodation in hospital and for his diet and shall receive no pay during the period of his absence from duty.
(13)
Cases where the period of fully paid leave is ex
hausted are to be reported at once to the
Chief
Police
Officer.