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(1) If an employer on whom notice of the accident has been served under section 12 does not within twenty-one days after the receipt of the notice agree in writing with the employee as to the amount of compensation to be paid, the employee may, in the prescribed form and manner, make an application enforcing the claim to compensation to the Court having jurisdiction in the district in which the accident occurred which gave rise to the claim.

(2) The claims for compensation under this Act, unless determined by agreement, and a matter arising out of proceedings shall be determined by the Court, irrespective of the amount of money involved, and the Court may, for that purpose, call on a public officer or an independent medical practitioner to give evidence if the Court is of the opinion that the officer or practitioner is, by virtue of expert knowledge, able to assist the Court.