Intervention of the Bureau of Labor.
Section 31
SEC. 31. Intervention of the Bureau of Labor.—At the request of an interested party, the Bureau of Labor shall act as referee in all claims and disagreement arising under this Act. In case its efforts in this respect fail, it shall take the necessary steps to have the claim submitted to the proper courts, and it may require the provincial fiscals to represent in such proceedings the injured laborer or employee or person or persons entitled to compensation in their respective provinces, except where the claim is against the government or any political subdivision of the same, in which case the court, at the request of the laborer or employee, shall designate an attorney to act as his counsel free of charge. But nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prevent the injured laborer or person or persons entitled to compensation to take the case directly into court, without previous intervention by the Bureau of Labor.