Chapter VIII.

Provisions ancillary to Chapters VI and VII.

49. —The decision of the Board on any question of fact arising in the course of proceedings under Chapter VI or VII of this Part shall be final, conclusive and unappealable, and such decisions shall be binding on all parties to such proceedings and their privies as if it were a judgment in personam.

50. —(1) The Board may, if it so thinks fit, of its own motion or on the application of any party to proceedings under Chapter VI or VII of this Part, and at any stage of such proceedings, refer any question of law arising in the course of such proceedings by way of case stated for the determination of the High Court, and may adjourn the pronouncement of its award pending such determination.

(2) In lieu of stating a case in the course of proceedings under subsection (1) of this section, the Board may, if a question of law is involved therein, state its award or any part thereof in the form of a special case for the determination of the High Court.

(3) Any party to proceedings before the Board who is aggrieved by the refusal of the Board to state a case on a question of law under this section may apply, either before or after the Board has made its award, to the High Court in a summary manner for an order directing the Board to state a case for the determination of the High Court on such question, and on such application the High Court may make such order, and, in that event, the Board shall comply with the terms thereof, notwithstanding that the Board has already given its award.

(4) The costs of and incidental to any reference to the High Court under this section shall be in the discretion of that Court.

51. —(1) The costs of the parties in any proceedings under Chapter VI or VII of this Part shall be in the discretion of the Board, and the Board may, by its award, direct to and by whom and in what manner those costs or any part thereof shall be paid.

(2) The Board may, with the consent of the parties concerned, fix the amount of costs ordered to be paid or in default of such consent, may refer the costs to a Taxing-Master for taxation.

(3) Where the Board orders an applicant for compensation under this Part to pay the costs or part of the costs of the person by whom such compensation is payable, such person may deduct the amount of such costs from the amount of such compensation.

(4) For the purpose of this section costs include any fees, charges and expenses of the award.