Singapore legislation
Section 50
Section 50
Compensation Board to hear and determine claims
(1)
The Compensation Board shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine in accordance with this Act —
all claims for compensation which the Corporation or the claimant may refer to it under section 46(6); and
applications provided for by section 45(2).
(2)
The Compensation Board shall also have jurisdiction to award compensation or any part thereof to a claimant if at the time of the award it has no notice or intimation of any dispute as to his entitlement but the making of any such award shall not affect the entitlement to receive compensation under this Act of any other person who may thereafter be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to have a better title to the compensation or any other part thereof other than the person to whom it was awarded.[42