ANDREW DAGARTI v. STATE GOLD MINING CORPORATION [1968] GLR  541-547

Workmen's compensation—Agreement as to compensation—Statutory certificate—Certificate to be endorsed by labour officer—Payment evidenced by statutory certificate prepared by assistant labour officer without written authority—Whether such certificate valid—Whether employee bound by document—Labour Ordinance, Cap. 89 (1951 Rev.), s. 2—Workmen's Compensation Act, 1963 (Act 174), s. 15 (1)-(3)—Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1965 (Act 295), s. 1.

Statutes—Interpretation—Conferment of power—Distinction between exercise of power and delegation—Whether assistant labour officer can exercise powers of labour officer under Act 174 without written authority—Application of maxim omnia praesumuntur rite et solemniter esse acta—Cap. 89 (1951 Rev.), s. 2—Interpretation Act, 1960 (C.A. 4), s. 10 (2)—Act 174, s. 15 (3) as amended by Act 295.