6. Determination of Compensation Tribunal and appeals therefrom

The Compensation Tribunal shall on receipt of claim for the payment of compensation and after such inquiry as it deems necessary, make its award on such claim within a period of twelve months from the date on which the claim was received by it.

Any person who is aggrieved by an award made by the Compensation Tribunal may appeal against such award to the Court of Appeal within fourteen days from the date on which the award was communicated to such person, with the leave of the Court of Appeal first had and obtained. The provisions of the Civil Procedure Code relating to appeals to the Court of Appeal from an order of a District Court shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the making and hearing of appeals under this section.

All sums awarded as compensation under this Act shall be charged to a separate account opened and operated by the Government, for such purpose only with a licensed commercial bank operating in Sri Lanka, into which account the Government shall make arrangements to hold in escrow, sufficient funds to be able to meet any claim for compensation received by it in terms of this section.