Notice and adjudication of claims regarding unpaid accumulations

any payment due to them. The notice shall continue to be displayed on the notice Board continuously for a period of one hundred and eighty days from the date it is so displayed. If any question arises whether the notice referred to; in sub-section (3) was given as required by that silb-section, a certificate of the Board that it was so given, shall be conclusive. If a claim is received in answer to the notice under sub-section (3), the Board shall transfer such claim to the authority appointed under Section 15 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1996 (No. 4 of 1936) having jurisdiction in the area in which the factory or etablishment is situated, and the authority shall proceed to adjudicate upon, and decide, such claim within a period of ninety days from the date on which the claim is transferred to it by the Board. In hearing such claim the Authority shall have the power conferred by and follow the procedure (in -so far as it is applicable) laid down for giving effect to the provisions of that Act. If the Authority aforesaid is satisfied that any such claim is valid and the right to receive payment is established, it shall decide that the unpaid accumulation in relation to which the claim is made shall cease to be deemed to be abandoned property and shall order the Board to pay the whole of the dues claimed, or such part thereof as the Authority decides as properly due, to the employees; and the Board shall make payment accordingly : Provided that, the Board shall not be liable to pay any sum in excess of that paid under sub-section (4) of Section 3 to the Board as Unpaid accumulations, in respect of the claim.