Section 22: Payment of compensation

22. Payment of compensation (1) The authorised officer shall within 30 days— (a) where no appeal is lodged under section 24, of the date of the award by the Board; or (b) where an appeal is so lodged, of the date on which the appeal is finally determined, deposit the compensation payable at the Registry. (2) Any compensation deposited under subsection (1) may, on the application of an interested person claiming to be entitled to it, be paid out to him by the Master and Registrar upon his satisfying the Master and Registrar of his claim. [Issue 5] L3 – 10 Revised Laws of Mauritius (3) Where any compensation deposited under subsection (1) is not, within 6 months of the deposit, paid out under subsection (2), or where there is— (a) no person competent to receive or give a sufficient discharge for the compensation; or (b) a dispute as to the title to any land acquired under this Act, or as to the right or interest of any person therein, the Master and Registrar shall apply for a vesting order to vest the compensation deposited in the Curator and upon the making of the vesting order the compensation shall vest in the Curator. (4) Any compensation which has vested in the Curator shall be dealt with in the same manner as any property which has vested in the Curator under the Curatelle Act.