23.-(1) Where it appears to the Υπουργικόν Συμβούλιον that in any factory or class of description of factory-
(a) cases of illness have occurred which he has reason to believe may be due to the nature of a process or other conditions of work; or
(b) by reason of changes in any process or in the substances used in any process, or by reason of the introduction of any new process or new substance for use in a process, there may be risk of injury to the health of persons employed in that process; or
(c) there may be risk of injury to the health of persons employed-
(i) from any substance or material brought to the factory to be used or handled therein; or
(ii) from any change in the conditions of work or other conditions in the factory,
he may make special regulations requiring such reasonable arrangements to be made for the medical supervision (not including medical treatment other than first-aid treatment and medical treatment of a preventive character) of the persons, or any class of the persons, employed at the factory or class or description of factory as may be specified in the regulations.
(2) If any person employed in any factory is suspended from his employment, under the provisions of any regulations made under this section, on the ground that he is suffering from any disease specified in the Second Schedule to the Workmen’s Compensation Law, or any Law amending or substituted for the same, such person shall be entitled to compensation under the provisions of section 29 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law, or of any Law amending or substituted for the same, as if he were a person to whom a certificate had been issued by an examining physician under the provisions of the said section 29.