Distribution of compensation requires deposit with the competent authority, apportionment among dependants, and protections for disabled beneficiaries. Compensation for a deceased employee or lump sums to women or persons under legal disability must be deposited with the competent authority; limited advances by employers are deductible. The competent authority may notify and inquire of dependants, apportion or allot compensation with reasons after hearing, pay eligible adult recipients, invest or direct payments for beneficiaries under disability, vary orders for sufficient cause with opportunity to show cause, and recover amounts obtained by fraud as arrears of land revenue.