Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act, 1973 (Act No. 78 of 1973)Chapter VI : Compensation Generally81. Unpaid benefits at death of beneficiary |
| (1) | If a person who became entitled to a one-sum benefit under this Act or the previous Act and to whom such benefit was not paid in full, has died, the commissioner may in his discretion award to his widow or to his dependent children, if any, a benefit which shall be equal to not more than the unpaid balance of such one-sum benefit. |
| (2) | If a benefit equal to such unpaid balance has not been awarded in terms of subsection (1), or if any portion of such unpaid balance has not been so awarded, the commissioner may, in his discretion, award a benefit equal to such unpaid balance, or such portion thereof, as the case may be, to any person or persons for whose maintenance the deceased, in the opinion of the commissioner, was responsible before his death. |
[Section 81 substituted by section 28 of the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Amendment Act, No. 208 of 1993]