Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Act 2003

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s 2Amendment of section 31A of Chapter 131

Section 31A of the Industrial Disputes Act (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the insertion immediately after subsection (1) of that section, of the following new subsection :—

“(1A) There shall be appointed in respect of the labour tribunals established under subsection (1) a

Secretary, and in respect of each labour tribunal so established, an Assistant Secretary .”.

s 3Amendment of section 31B of the principal enactment

Section 31B of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (7) of that section, by the substitution for the words “period of six months”, of the words “period of three months”.

s 4Amendment of section 31D of the principal enactment

Section 31D of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—

(1)

by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section ;

(2)

in subsection (6) of that section, by the substitution for all the words from the words “has furnished such security. The petition of appeal shall be filed”, to the end of that subsection, of the words “has furnished such security.”;

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(3)

by the repeal of subsection (7) of that section ; and

(4)

by the repeal of subsection (8) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :—

“(8)

Every appeal or application referred to in subsection (4) shall be accompanied by a certificate issued under the hand of the President of the labour tribunal, to the effect that the appellant or the applicant as the case may be, has furnished the security which he is required to furnish under that subsection.”.

s 5Amendment of section 31DD of the principal enactment

Section 31DD of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (3) of that section.

s 6Repeal of section 31DDD of the principal enactment

Section 31DDD of the principal enactment is hereby repealed.

s 7Amendment of section 34 of the principal enactment

Section 34 of the principal enactment is hereby amended in subsection (1) of that section, by the substitution for the words “or of an order made under this Act by a labour tribunal,” of the words “or of an order made under this Act by a labour tribunal, other than an order made on an application made under section 31B of this Act,”.

s 8Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency

In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.