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Notes (2) Any other sum amounting to not less than ten rupees which is payable as compensation
may be deposited with the Commissioner on behalf of the person entitled thereto.
(3) The receipt of the Commissioner shall be a sufficient discharge in respect of any
compensation deposited with him.
(4) On the deposit of any money under sub-section (1), as compensation in respect of a
deceased workman the Commissioner shall, if he thinks necessary, cause notice to be
published or to be served on each dependant in such manner as he thinks fit, calling
upon the dependents to appear before him on such date as he may fix for determining the
distribution of the compensation. If the Commissioner is satisfied, after any inquiry which
he may deem necessary, that no dependant exists, he shall repay the balance of the money
to the employer by whom it was paid.

(5) Compensation deposited in respect of a deceased workman shall, subject to any deduction
made under sub-section (4), be apportioned among the dependants of the deceased
workman or any of them in such proportion as the Commissioner thinks fit or may, in the
discretion of the Commissioner, be allotted to any one dependant.
(6) Where any compensation deposited with the Commissioner is payable to any person, the
Commissioner shall, if the person to whom the compensation is payable is not a workman
or a person under a legal disability, and may, in other cases, pay the money to the person
entitled thereto.

(7) Where any lumpsum deposited with the Commissioner is payable to a woman or a person
under a legal disability, such sum may be invested, applied or otherwise dealt with for
the benefit of the woman, or of such person during his disability, in such manner as the
Commissioner may direct.
(8) Where a half-monthly payment is payable to a person under legal disability, the
Commissioner may pay it to any dependant of the workman or to any other person whom
the Commissioner thinks best fitted to provide for the welfare of the workman.
(9) Notice must be given to the parties affected.

(10) Where under the previous para, the Commissioner varies an order on the ground .that the
payment of compensation to any person has been obtained by fraud, impersonation or
other improper means, any amount so paid may be recovered by the procedure laid down
for the recovery of arrears of land revenue.
(11) The Commissioner may, on account of neglect of children on the part of a parent or on
account of the variation of the circumstances of any dependant, or for any other sufficient
cause, vary his earlier orders regarding distribution or investment of compensation. But no
such order prejudicial to any person shall be made unless such person has been given an
opportunity of showing because why the order should not be made.
(12) The orders of the Commissioner regarding the distribution of compensation may be varied
later if necessary.
(13) Money payable to a woman or a person under a legal dis ability may be invested or
otherwise dealt with as the Commissioner thinks fit.

(14) Half-monthly payments payable to a person under a legal disability may be paid to a
dependent of the workman or to any other person whom the Commissioner thinks best
fitted to provide for the welfare of the workman.

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