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2. Labour tribunal to exercise the power of a Magistrate

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(1)

Every labour tribunal established under section 31A of the Industrial Disputes Act (Chapter 131) shall, in addition to the powers and duties conferred by written law, exercise the powers conferred upon a Magistrate for the purpose of enforcement of any award made by any arbitrator or industrial court or any order made by the labour tribunal under the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act (Chapter 131) or any decision of the Commissioner or recovery of payment upon a certificate issued by the Commissioner or implementation of the provisions incidental hitherto of the enactments specified in the Schedule I hereto (in this Act referred to as the “specified enactments”).

(2)

For the purposes of this Act, the jurisdiction of a labour tribunal as mentioned above shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (3), be limited to a judicial division of a

Magistrate’s Court as may be demarcated under subsection (3) of section 5 of the Judicature Act, No. 2 of 1978 where the labour tribunal is situated.

Industrial Disputes (Special Provisions)

(3)

The jurisdiction of a labour tribunal referred to in

Column I of the Schedule II hereto shall be limited to the judicial division of the Magistrate’s Court referred to in the corresponding entry in Column II of that Schedule.

(4)

For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the Magistrate’s Court shall continue to exercise such other powers other than the powers under subsection (1) of this section as specified in the specified enactments in any judicial division of the Magistrate’s Court including judicial division specified in Column II of Schedule II.

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