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Appeals
Cap. 303, s. 48 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) Subject to the rules of court made under section 47, an appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court from any order of the
Provided that from the following orders of the magistrate,
(a) an order awarding as compensation a lump sum whether by way of redemption of a half- monthly payment or otherwise or disallowing a claim in full or in part for a lump sum;
(b) an order providing for the distribution of compensation among the dependants of a deceased workman, or disallowing any claim of a person alleging himself to be such a dependant;
(c) an order allowing or disallowing any claim for the amount of an indemnity under section 22 of this Act; or
(d) an order refusing to register a memorandum of agreement or registering it or providing for its registration subject to conditions,
no appeal shall lie unless the amount in dispute in the appeal is more than twenty-five dollars.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, no appeal shall lie in any case in which the parties have agreed to abide by the decision of the magistrate, or in which the order of the magistrate gives effect to an agreement come to by the parties.
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