Inquiries into claims and award of compensation

(1) The Deputy Commissioner shall proceed to enquire in the prescribed manner into every claim preferred under section 5. (2) For the purpose of such inquiry, the Deputy Commissioner shall exercise all or any of the powers of a civil court for the trial of suits under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. (3) The Deputy Commissioner shall, after such inquiry, make an award in writing with respect to each such claim, setting out therein the following particulars, namely:— (i) the person to whom compensation is to be paid; (ii) the nature and extent of the right claimed; (iii) the extent to which the claim is upheld; (iv) the amount of compensation awarded and the persons to whom it is payable. (4) The Deputy Commissioner shall give notice in the prescribed manner of his award to claimants or their representatives and to persons to whom compensation is payable.