# The Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923, Section 19: Reference to Commissioners

- Act: The Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923 (Act 8 of 1923)
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/employees-compensation-act-1923/section/19/

## Text

(1) If any question arises in any proceedings under this Act as to the liability of any person to pay compensation (including any question as to whether a person injured is or is not a [employee]) or as to the amount or duration of compensation (including any question as to the nature or extent of disablement), the question shall, in default of agreement, be settled by "[a Commissioner]. (2) No Civil Court shall have jurisdiction to settle, decide or deal with any question which is by or under this Act required to be 'settled, decided or dealt with by a Commissioner or to enforce any liability incurred under this Act.

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