Section 16
SEC. 16. Section twenty-two of Act Numbered Three thousand four hundred and twenty-eight as amended by section eight of Act Numbered Three thousand eight hundred and twelve, is hereby further Amended to read as follows: "SEC. 22. Payments in a lump sum.—Whenever the Commissioner considers it most advantageous and convenient, the liability of the employer as regards the compensation may be discharged totally or in part by payment in a lump sum or sums as may be the case, under the condition that if the sum or sums to be paid are less than that fixed by the law, the reduction shall not be more than eight per centum: Provided, however, That any agreement or contract made for this purpose between the parties shall not be valid unless it be in conformity with the provisions of this section in so far as the amount of compensation is concerned, and be made in the form of a public document acknowledged before the justice of the Peace of the locality and attested by two witnesses, one of whom shall be the municipal treasurer or the person acting in his stead if the agreement is entered into outside the City of Manila, subject to the approval of the Workmen's Compensation Commissioner, and if in the City of Manila, before the Workmen's Compensation Commissioner or any of his authorized representative. Before the acknowledgment of the instrument, the justice of the peace shall fully inform the injured laborer or dependent person or persons executing the instrument in his of all their rights and privileges under this Act reading and translating to them into the vernacular dialect they know in case they do not understand English or Spanish the provisions of this Act establishing the amounts' and period of compensation and other privileges to which they are entitled by reason of the accident, and shall certify in the acknowledgment clause that all these requisites have been complied with. The expenses of the acknowledgment of the contract shall be borne by the employer. "Any failure on the part of the employer to comply with his obligation to pay any of the sums due to the injured laborer or his dependents in accordance with this Act shall entitle the beneficiary to claim the entire balance of the compensation at one time."