| (1) | A right to any benefit under this Act to which any person became entitled, shall lapse on the death of the person concerned, except in so far as any part of the benefit was paid out to or for the benefit of such person. |
[Section 96(1) amended by section 43 of the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Amendment Act, No. 208 of 1993]
| (2) | When a right to a one-sum benefit to which the widow of a deceased person became entitled under any provision of the previous Act or this Act, has lapsed as aforesaid, the commissioner shall pay the benefit in question or the unpaid balance thereof to any person or persons for whose maintenance she was, in the opinion of the commissioner, responsible. |
[Section 96(2) substituted by section 32 of the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Amendment Act, No. 208 of 1993]
| (3) | When any person who was entitled to a pension under this Act has died, the commissioner shall pay the full pension in respect of the month in which such person has died— |
| (a) | to the dependants of the deceased, if any; or |
| (b) | if there are no dependants, to any person or persons for whose maintenance the deceased was, in the opinion of the commissioner, responsible; or |
| (c) | if there is no such person, to any person who or organization which cared for or medically treated the deceased immediately before his death. |
| (d) | [Section 96(3)(d) deleted by section 32 of the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Amendment Act, No. 208 of 1993] |
