Clause 22

Notwithstanding anything contained in any written law relating to the administration or distribution of estates of deceased persons for the time being in force in Singapore, where a workman has died and it appears to the Commissioner that his dependants are entitled to compensation under this Act and that any money not exceeding the amount of his earnings for two months as calculated under section 8 was payable to such workman by his employer it shall be lawful for the Commissioner in his discretion to receive that money and to pay the same to the dependants without the production of a grant of representation.