(1) On receipt of a claim for compensation under section 39 of the Act, the Tribunal or the officer of the Tribunal designated for this purpose, shall endorse on it the date of its receipt, and thereafter proceed to examine the same as to-
(a) whether the person presenting it has the authority to do so; and
(b) whether the claim had been made in accordance with the provisions of the Act and Rules made there under.
(2) If the Tribunal or the said officer is satisfied on these points, the claim shall be registered in Form No. 14 in the Register of claims to be kept for this purpose.
(3) As soon as a reference for adjudication regarding the compensation to be paid to a claimant under section 53 or 54 of the Act is received from a Planning Authority by the Tribunal, it shall be duly registered in the Register of Claims as stated above.