Save as provided by this Act, no lump sum or half-monthly payment payable under this Act shall in any way be capable of being assigned or charged or be liable to attachment or pass to any person other than the 1[employee] by operation of law, nor shall any- claim be set off against the same.

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Footnote -

1. Subs. by Act 45 of 2009, s. 5, for "workman" (w.e.f. 18-1-2010).