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51A Presumption as to accident arising in course of employment

Presumption as to accident arising in course of employment.

1[51A. For the purposes of this Act, an accident arising in the course of an 2[an employee’s] employment shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, also to have arisen out of that employment.]

Note:

1. Subs. by Act 44 of 1966, s. 23, for section 51 (w.e.f. 28-1-1968).

2. Subs. by Act 18 of 2010, s. 12, for “an insured person’s” (w.e.f. 1-6-2010).

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