Section 18
SEC. 18. Section thirty-one of Act Numbered Three thousand four hundred and twenty-eight as amended by section ten of Act Numbered Three thousand eight hundred and twelve is hereby further amended to read as follows:. "SEC. 31. Intervention of the Workmen's Compensation Commissioner.—In case a laborer who suffers an accident or contracts an illness comprised within the provisions section two of this Act, or his dependents, contracts the services of a lawyer or other persons to help him or direct him in his claim for compensation against his employer before the office of the Workmen's Compensation Commissioner, the fees of said lawyer or person shall not be more than five per cent of the total sum which said injured or sick laborer or his dependent in case of his death shall receive by way of compensation; but if his services shall take place in an appealed case, his fees shall not be in excess of ten per centum of said sum, and any person who, in violation of this proviso, makes an excessive charge, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred pesos."