( l) Where then: i~ delay 111 the a.,~e,s• mentor payment of compen-,atiOn payable under '>eCtlOn 14, the compensation officer may direct payment of 111 te11m compcma1 ion to such extent and in such manner as may be p1 e~cnbcd, p10vided that if the compensation payable to a Tluruppuholdcr ha~ not been determmed in accordance with the provisions of this Act before the expu y of one year from the appomted day, the compematwn onicrr shall, on the application of the Thiruppuholdc1 concerned, dn cct the payment of an interim compensation.
(2) The intenm compensatiOn paid under ~ub-~cction (I) ~hall ' be deemed to be palt of the compensatiOn payable under tim Act and 'hall be deducted from and adjusted agamst the compcmation payabk under this Act.
(3) Where the1e i~ a di~putc m regard to the nght to the com• pemation amount or any portion thereof, no mtenm compcmatwn or part, as the case may be, ~hall IJe pa1d to the ThJruppuhuldcr.
CHAPTI::R V Recovery from landholders of compensation paid to Thiruppuholders