Section 89
Benefit not admissible unless claimed in time
of Employees' Social Security Act 1969
ActIn forceProvision 124 of 207
Section 89
A Board shall not direct the payment of any benefit to a person unless he has made a claim for such benefit in accordance with the regulations made in that behalf and section 86:
Provided that if the Board is satisfied that there was reasonable excuse for not making a claim for the benefit within the prescribed period, it may direct the payment of the benefit as if the claim had been made in time.