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Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Act (No. 15 of 1990) - Sect 10

Insertion of new section 23A in the principal enactment

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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