law: The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
  167. Option regarding 
  
  claims for compensation in certain cases.
  Notwithstanding anything  
  
  contained in the Workmen's Compensation Act,  (8 of 1923.) where the death of, 
  
  or bodily injury to, any person gives rise  to a  claim for compensation under 
  
  this Act and also under the  Workmen's   Compensation  Act,   1923,  the  
  
  person  entitled  to compensation may  without prejudice  to the  provisions of  
  
  Chapter  X claim such compensation under either of those Acts but not under 
  
  both.