The opinion of the court was delivered by HEHER, J.
The question here is the meaning of section 9 of Ch. 74 of the Session Laws of 1945 (Pamph. L., pp. 378, 390), which amended R.S. 34:15-22 to read as follows:
"No agreement between an employee and his employer or insurance carrier for compensation shall operate as a bar to the formal determination of any controversy, unless such agreement has been approved by a deputy commissioner in open court...
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