Appointment of Commissioner of Payments.

(1) For the purpose of disbursing the amounts payable to the owner of the undertaking and the owners of the properties sold, the Government shall, by notification in the Gazette, appoint a person as they may think fit to be the Commissioner of payments. (2) The Government may appoint such other persons as they may think fit to assist the Commissioner and thereupon the Commissioner may authorise one or more of such persons also to exercise all or any of the powers exercisable by him under this Act and different persons may be authorised to exercise different powers. (3) Any person authorised by the Commissioner to exercise any of the powers may exercise those powers in the same manner and with the same effect as if they have been conferred on that person directly by this Act and not by way of authorisation. (4) The salaries and allowances of the Commissioner shall be as may be prescribed and it shall be defrayed out of the Consolidated Fund of the State of Kerala.