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The Committee notes the Government’s report, according to which it is examining bringing the national legislation into conformity with the Convention. The Committee is therefore bound to note that no progress has been achieved in this respect and that the Government has referred on several occasions since 1967 to the revision of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, without this however being carried out in practice. It is therefore bound to repeat its previous comments and strongly hopes that the Government will not fail to amend the above legislation so as to ensure that:

(a)  in accordance with Article 5 of the Convention, the compensation payable, where permanent incapacity or death results from injury, is paid to the worker or his dependants in the form of periodical payments, provided that it may be wholly or partially paid in a lump sum if the competent authority is satisfied that it will be properly utilized; and

(b)  in accordance with Article 10, no ceiling is imposed for the supply or renewal of artificial limbs and surgical appliances as are recognized to be necessary.

[The Government is asked to report in detail in 2005.]