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3. Applicability of the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Act…

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(1)

The President of a labour tribunal specified in

Column I of Schedule II shall have the power and authority to hear, try, determine and dispose of cases in a summary way by virtue of the provisions of the Code of Criminal

Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979 in relation to the 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 of the specified enactments.

(2)

There shall be a duly appointed Registrar and an incidential staff for the purpose of implementing the functions specified under subsection (1) of section 2 of this Act.

(3)

The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure

Act, No. 15 of 1979 and Evidence Ordinance (Chapter 14)

shall mutatis mutandis apply to and in relation to the procedure to hear, try, determine and dispose of the suits or prosecutions before the labour tribunal:

Provided that, the provisions of Evidence Ordinance

(Chapter 14) shall not apply for the conduct of proceedings under section 31B of the Industrial Disputes Act (Chapter

131) by the labour tribunal.

Read on from s 4

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