Section 403. Payment of Compensation Due Deceased Claimants.--All accrued benefits due any deceased claimant may, in the discretion of the department, be paid to such persons having an interest in the estate of the deceased, without letters testamentary or of administration, as the department by rule and regulation shall determine.
(403 amended June 22, 1964, Sp. Sess., P.L.112, No.7)