Ex-gratia payment: assignment of informant reward is not recognised; legal heirs or nominated persons may receive entitlement. The reward is an ex-gratia payment and private assignment by the informant is not recognised. On the informant's death the authority may grant the reward to legal heirs or to a nominee specified when furnishing the information, with the scheme's provisions applying to those heirs or nominees as if the informant had not died. If multiple heirs or nominees exist, the reward is distributed equally unless Annexure A provides otherwise or rights are relinquished.