Singapore legislation
Section 27
Section 27
Compensation Board to hear and determine claims
(1)
The Compensation Board has jurisdiction to hear and determine in accordance with this Act —
all claims for compensation which the Authority or the claimant may refer to it under section 23(6); and
applications provided for by section 22(2).
(2)
The Compensation Board also has jurisdiction to award compensation or any part of it to a claimant if at the time of the award the Board has no notice or intimation of any dispute as to the claimant’s entitlement.
(3)
However, the making of any award under subsection (2) does not affect the entitlement to receive compensation under this Act of any other person who may later be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to have a better title to the compensation or any other part of the compensation other than the person to whom it was awarded.