.-Every Scheme and every rule made under this Act, shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the Scheme or the rule or both Houses agree that the Scheme or the rule should not be made, the Scheme or the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that Scheme or the rule.
THE SCHEDULE
[See sections 2 and 7(1)]
Description of injury
Percentage of disablement
Upper Limb
Loss of both hands or of all fingers and thumbs
100
Amputation of Right arm through shoulder
90
Amputation of Left arm through shoulder
90
Amputation below shoulder stump exceeding 6 inches from tip of acromion (Right)
80
Amputation below shoulder stump not exceeding 6 inches (Right)
90
Amputation below shoulder stump not exceeding 6 inches (Left)
80
Amputation below shoulder from tip of acromion stump exceeding 6 inches (Left)
70
Amputation through elbow or below elbow with stump not exceeding 5 inches (Right)
80
Amputation through elbow or below elbow with stump not exceeding 5 inches
(Left)
70
Amputation below elbow stump exceeding 5 inches (Right)
70
Amputation below elbow stump exceeding 5 inches (Left)
50
Loss of thumb (Right)
50
Loss of thumb (Left)
40
Loss of 4 fingers (Right)
50
Loss of 4 fingers (Left)
40
Loss of 2 fingers on either hand
20
Lower Limb
Loss of 2 or more limbs
100
Amputation of both feet
100
Amputation of one leg at hip or below hip with stump not exceeding 5 inches
90
Lisfranc's Operation both feet
80
Amputation below hip with stump exceeding 5 inches
80
Amputation through both feet proximal to the metatarso-phalangeal joint
80
Loss of all toes of both feet through the metatarso-phalangeal joint
40
Loss of all toes of both feet proximal to the proximal inter-phalangeal joints
30
Loss of all toes of both feet distal to the proximal inter-phalangeal joint
20
Amputation of leg below middle thigh through knee or below knee with stump not exceeding 4 inches
70
Amputation of leg below knee with stump exceeding 4 inches
60
Lisfranc's amputation of one foot
40
Amputation through one foot proximal to the metatarso-phalangeal joint
30
Loss of all toes of one foot proximal to the proximalinter-phalangeal joint including amputations through the metatarso-phalangeal joint
20
Other Specific injury
Loss of hand and foot
100
Other disablements
Very severe facial disfigurement
100
Total loss of speech
70
Limited restriction of movement of joint through injury without penetration, or limited function of limb through fracture, or compound fracture of thumb or 2 or more fingers of either hand with impaired function
20
ANKYLOSES IN OPTIMUM POSITION, I.E., THE POSITION OF GREATEST USEFULNESS
Right
Left
Arm
Shoulder
40%
30%
Elbow
40%
30%
Wrist
30%
20%
Leg
Hip
60%
Knee
40%
Ankle
30%
DEFECTIVE VISION
Loss of sight
00%
Loss of one eye without complications, the other eye being normal
40%
Loss of vision of one eye with complications or disfigurement, the other eye being normal
40%
Loss of vision of one eye without complications or disfigurement, the other eye being normal
30%
OTHER DEGREE OF DEFECTIVE VISION
When best obtainable acuity is in
Assessment Per cent.
When one eye removed-best obtainable acuity in remaining eye, with or without glasses, is
Assessment Per cent
One eye
The other
1.
6/6
6/24
15.19
1.
6/6
40
Or
6/36
20
2.
6/9
40
2.
6/9
6/60
20
3.
6/12
40
Or
8/60
20
3.
6/12
Nil
30
4.
6/18
50
4.
6/18
6/18
15.19
5.
6/24
70
5.
6/18
6/24
30
6.
6/36
80
6.
6/18
6/36
40
7.
6/18
6/60
40
7.
6/60
90
8.
6/18
6/60
40
8.
3/60
90
9.
6/18
Nil
50
10.
6/24
6/24
30
9.
Nil
100
11.
6/24
6/36
40
12.
6/24
6/60
50
13.
6/24
3/60]
50
14.
6/24
Nil
70
15.
6/36
6/36
50
16.
6/36
6/60
60
17.
6/36
3/60
60
18.
6/36
Nil
80
19.
6/60
6/60
80
20.
6/60
3/60
80
21.
6/60
Nil
90
22.
3/60
3/60
80
23.
5/60
Nil
90
24.
Nil
Nil
100
DEFECTIVE HEARING
Assessment should be based on the Grade attained using both ears together; the percentage assessment appropriate to the Grade thus attained is given in the last column.
Grade of hearing attained
Assessment of both ears used together
1. Total deafness
80%
2. Shout not beyond 3 feet
70%
3. Conversational voice not over 1foot
60%
4. Conversational voice not over 3 feet
40%
5. Conversational voice not over 6 feet
20%
6. Conversational voice not over 9 feet -
(a)one car totally deaf
20%
(b) otherwise
Less than 20%
A case in which the right ear attained grade 4, the left car grade 2 and both ears together grade 3 should, therefore, be recorded thus :
R.4 L2. R plus L3 Assessment 60 per cent.
The assessment given above takes into account minor ailments such as headache, vertigo tinnitus, sleeplessness, etc., which generally accompany deafness.