10. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 23 and shall have effect as section. 23A of the principal enactment:
23A. Where the amount payable in terms of an award for the payment of compensation is not paid within a period of thirty days from the date of the award, the employer shall he liable to pay, in addition to such compensation, a surcharge of a sum equivalent to ten per centum of the amount of such compensation.". |
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