CHAPTER 518

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 65-41 and 65-90 of the Code of Virginia,
relating to voluntary settlements under the Workmen’s Compensation

Act.
[H 435]
Approved April 5, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 65-41 and 65-90 of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 65-41. Nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to prevent
settlements made by and between the employee and employer, but rather
to encourage them, so long as the amount of compensation and the time
and manner of payment are approved by the Commission in accordance
with * § 65-90 of this act. A copy of such settlement agreement shall be
filed, by employers, with the commission.

§ 65-90. If after ten days from the date of the injury, or at any
time in case of death, the employer and the injured employee or his
dependents reach an agreement in regard to compensation under this act,
a memorandum of the agreement in the form prescribed by the Industrial
Commission shall be filed with the Commission * for approval, and if
approved, * the * same shall be for all purposes * enforceable by the court’s
decree as * elsewhere provided in this act, and if not approved, the same
shall be void. Such agreement may be approved only when the Commis-
sion, or a majority thereof, is clearly of the opinion that the best interests
of the employee or his dependents will be served thereby; and approval of
such agreement shall bind infant or incompetent dependents affected
thereby. Any agreement entered into during the pendency of an appeal
to the Supreme Court of Appeals shall be effective only with the approval
of the Commission as herein provided.