law: Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 
  11. Medical examination 
  (1) Where a workman has given notice of an accident he shall if
  
  the employer before the expiry of three days from the time at which service of
  
  the notice has been effected offers to have him examined free of charge by a
  
  qualified medical practitioner submit himself for such examination and any
  
  workman who is in receipt of a half-monthly payment under this Act shall if so
  
  required submit himself for such examination from time to time :
  Provided  that a workman shall not be required to submit
  
  himself for examination by a medical practitioner otherwise than in accordance
  
  with rules made under this Act or at more frequent intervals than may be
  
  prescribed.
  (2) If a workman on being required to do so by employer under
  
  sub-section (1) or by the Commissioner at any time refuses to submit himself
  
  for examination by a qualified medical practitioner or in any way obstructs the
  
  same his right to compensation shall be suspended during the continuance of
  
  such refusal or obstruction unless in the case of refusal he was prevented by
  
  any sufficient cause from so submitting himself.
  (3) If a workman before the expiry of the period within which he
  
  is liable under sub-section (1) to be required to submit himself for medical
  
  examination voluntarily leaves without having been so examined the vicinity of
  
  the place in which he was employed his right to compensation shall be suspended
  
  until he returns and offers himself for such examination.
  Where a workman whose right to compensation has been suspended
  
  under sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) dies without having submitted himself
  
  for medical examination as required by either of those sub-sections the
  
  Commissioner may if he thinks fit direct the payment of compensation to the
  
  dependants of the deceased workman. Where under sub-section (2) or sub-section
  
  (3) a right to compensation is suspended no compensation shall be payable in
  
  respect of the period of suspension and if the period of suspension commences
  
  before the expiry of the waiting period referred to in clause (d) of
  
  sub-section (1) of section 4 the waiting period shall be increased by the
  
  period during which the suspension continues. Where an injured workman has
  
  refused to be attended by a qualified medical practitioner whose services have
  
  been offered to him by the employer free of charge or having accepted such
  
  offer has deliberately disregarded the instructions of such medical
  
  practitioner then if it is proved that the workman has not thereafter been
  
  regularly attended by a qualified medical practitioner or having been so
  
  attended has deliberately failed to follow his instructions and that such
  
  refusal disregard or failure was unreasonable in the circumstances of the case
  
  and that the injury has been aggravated thereby the injury and resulting
  
  disablement shall be deemed to be of the same nature and duration as they might
  
  reasonably have been excepted to be if the workman had been regularly attended
  
  by a qualified medical practitioner whose instructions he had followed and
  
  compensation if any shall be payable accordingly.