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0.D, employers; and, notwithstanding the employment of such employees, the property in and about which they are employed, and the use and operation thereof, shall at all times be under the supervision, management and control of their employers. Section 203. An employer who permits the entry upon premises occupied by him or under his control of a laborer or an assistant hired by an employer or contractor who has rejected article three of this act, for the performance upon such premises of a part of the employer's regular business entrusted to such employee or contractor, shall be liable to such laborer or assistant in the same manner and to the same extent as to his own employee. tSection 204. No agreement, composition, or release of damages made before the date of any disability or death resulting from occupational disease, except the agreement defined in article three of this act, shall be valid or shall bar a claim for damages for such disability or death; and any such agreement other than that defined in article three herein, is dedared to be against the public policy of this Commonwealth. The receipt of benefits from any associa tion, society, or fund shall not bar the recovery of damages by action at law, nor the recovery of compensation under article three hereof; and any release executed in consideration of such benefits shall be void: Provided, however. That if the employee receives unemployment compensation benefits, such amount or amounts so received shad be credited as against the amount of the award made under the provisions of the occupational disease act Article III Elective Compensation Section 301. (a) When employer and employe shall by agreement, either express or implied, as hereinafter provided, accept the provisions of article three of this act, compensation for disability or death of such employe, caused by occupational disease, arising out of and in the coarse of his employment shall be paid by the employer, without regard to negligence, according to the schedule contained in sections three hundred and six and three hundred and seven of this article, but-- 1. No compensation shall be paid when the disability or death is caused by the employe's violation of law, but the burden of proof of such fact shall be upon the employer. 2. The maximum compensation payable under this article for disability and death resulting from silicosis, anthraco-silicosis, or asbestosis shall not exceed the sum of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000), which shall be full and complete payment for ail disability, present or future, or for death from such occupational diseases arising out of employment by any and all employers in this Common wealth. (b) The right to receive compensation under this act shall not be affected by the fact that a minor is employed or is permitted to be employed in violation of the laws of this Commonwealth relating to the employment of mirrors, or that he obtained his employment by misrepresenting his age. t As siaended by Act No. 410, Laws of 1949, effective July 1,1949. * As emended by Act No. 286, Loots of I94S; Act No. 410, Lowe of 1949s Act No. 482, Acts of 19S1; Act No. 191, Lavs of 1911; Act No. Ill, Laws of I9!S| Act <19, Lews of 1919: and by Act 110, Lews of 1901, effective November 29, 1961. 107