Section - 8 - Employees Compensation Act, 1923

Section - 8 - Distribution of compensation

Distribution of compensation.

[(1) No payment of compensation in respect of an

[employee] whose injury has resulted in death, and no payment of a lump sum as compensation to a woman or a person under a legal disability, shall be made otherwise than by deposit with the Commissioner, and no such payment made directly by an employer shall be deemed to be a payment of compensation:

[Provided that, in the case of a deceased

[employee], an employer may make to any dependant advances on account of compensation

[of an amount equal to three months’ wages of such

[employee] and so much of such amount] as does not exceed the compensation payable to that dependant shall be deducted by the Commissioner from such compensation and repaid to the employer.]

(2) Any other sum amounting to not less than ten rupees which is payable as com .... To read the full section download the app from Google Play store