Section 24: Workmen employed by State

24. Workmen employed by State (1) This Act shall apply to workmen employed by, or under, the State in the same way and to the same extent as if the employer were a private person, except in the case of members of the Armed Forces of the State. (2) In the application of this Act to a workman to whom this section applies, where provision exists by enactment for the grant of a pension, gratuity or award to the workman in the case of injury received by him in the discharge of his duties or to any person who, in the event of the death of the workman resulting from the injury, would be entitled as a dependant to compensation under this Act, in the assessment of compensation under this Act in respect of an injury arising out of and in the course of the employment of the workman, the amount contributed out of public funds towards the pension, gratuity or award under that enactment shall be taken into consideration, and corresponding reductions shall be made in the amount which the workman or dependant would otherwise have been awarded as compensation under this Act.