law: Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 
  8. Distribution of compensation 
  (1) No payment of compensation in respect of a workman whose
  
  injury has resulted in death and no payment of a lump sum as compensation to a
  
  woman or a person under a legal disability shall be made otherwise than by
  
  deposit with the Commissioner and no such payment directly by an employer shall
  
  be deemed to be a payment of compensation :
  Provided  that in the case of a deceased workman an
  
  employer may make to any dependant advances on account of compensation of an
  
  amount equal to three months' wages of such workman and so much of such amount
  
  as does not exceed the compensation payable to that dependant shall be deducted
  
  by the Commissioner from such compensation and repaid to the employer.
  Any other sum amounting to not less than ten rupees which is
  
  payable as compensation may be deposited with the Commissioner on behalf of the
  
  person entitled thereto. The receipt of the Commissioner shall be a sufficient
  
  discharge in respect of any compensation deposited with him. On the deposit of
  
  any money under sub-section (1) as compensation in respect of a deceased
  
  workman the Commissioner shall if he thinks necessary cause notice to be
  
  published or to be served on each dependant in such manner as he thinks fit
  
  calling upon the dependants to appear before him on such dates as he may fix
  
  for determining the distribution of the compensation. If the Commissioner is
  
  satisfied after any inquiry which he may deem necessary that no dependant
  
  exists he shall repay the balance of the money to the employer by whom it was
  
  paid. The Commissioner shall on application by the employer furnish a statement
  
  showing in detail all disbursements made. Compensation deposited in respect of
  
  a deceased workman shall subject to any deduction made under sub-section (4) be
  
  apportioned among the dependants of the deceased workman or any of them in such
  
  proportion as the Commissioner thinks fit or may in the desecration of the
  
  Commissioner be allotted to any one dependant. Where any compensation deposited
  
  with the Commissioner is payable to any person the Commissioner shall if the
  
  person to whom the compensation is payable is not a woman or a person under a
  
  legal disability and may in other cases pay the money to the person entitled
  
  thereto. Where any lump sum deposited with the Commissioner is payable to a
  
  woman or a person under a legal disability such sum may be invested applied or
  
  otherwise dealt with for the benefit of the woman or of such person during his
  
  disability in such manner as the Commissioner may direct; and where a
  
  half-monthly payment is payable to any person under a legal disability the
  
  Commissioner may of his own motion or on an application made to him in this
  
  behalf order that the payment be made during the disability to any dependant of
  
  the workman or to any other person whom the Commissioner thinks best fitted to
  
  provide for the welfare of the workman. Where on application made to him in
  
  this behalf or otherwise the Commissioner is satisfied that on account of
  
  neglect of children on the part of a parent or on account of the variation of
  
  the circumstances of any dependant of for any other sufficient cause an order
  
  of the Commissioner as to the distribution of any sum paid as compensation or
  
  as to the manner in which any sum payable to any such dependant is to be
  
  invested applied or otherwise dealt with ought to be varied the Commissioner
  
  may make such order for the variation of the former order as he thinks just in
  
  the circumstances of the case :
  Provided  that no such order prejudicial to any person
  
  shall be made unless such person has been given an opportunity of showing cause
  
  why the order should not be made or shall be made in and case in which it would
  
  involve the repayment by a dependant of any sum already paid to him.
  (9) Where the Commissioner varies any order under sub-section
  
  (8) by reason of the fact that payment of compensation to any person has been
  
  obtained by fraud impersonation or other improper means any amount so paid to
  
  or on behalf of such person may be recovered in the manner hereinafter provided
  
  in section 31.