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Duty of the Court in respect of insurance.
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11.—Whenever the Court awards compensation under this Act, the following provisions shall apply and have effect, that is to say:—
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(a) the Court shall inquire and determine whether the person to whom the compensation is so awarded was or was not insured against the loss or any part of the loss in respect of which the compensation is so awarded;
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(b) if the Court finds that such person was so insured, the Court shall make such inquiries as may be requisite to enable it to comply with the next following paragraph of this section;
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(c) the Court shall, in the order awarding the compensation, state whether the person to whom the compensation is thereby awarded was or was not so insured as aforesaid and, if he was so insured, the Court shall further state in the said order the particulars of such insurance and the sum which the said person has been paid or is entitled to be paid under such insurance;
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(d) where the Court, in pursuance of this section, states in an order that the person to whom compensation is thereby awarded has been paid or is entitled to be paid money under such insurance as aforesaid, the Minister, when paying the said compensation, may deduct therefrom and retain thereout an amount equal to the said money so stated to have been paid or to be payable less the amount of the annual premium paid.
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