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3. Amendment of section 6 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Section 6 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:—

(1)

in paragraph (a) thereof by the substitution for the word, “employees;” of the words, “employees and their dependents;”;

(2)

in paragraph (c) thereof by the substitution for the word, “employees” of the words, “employees and their dependents”; and

(3)

by the addition immediately after paragraph (f)

thereof of the following new paragraph:—

“(g) (i) to provide financial relief to obtain legal assistance to employees where proceedings in respect of termination of employment of an employee or of an industrial dispute, is initiated or pending under the provisions of any written law, before the Commissioner General of

Labour, a Labour Tribunal, an Arbitrator or an Industrial Court or any court of law;

(ii)

the financial relief provided under this paragraph shall be subject to such amount as the Board may determine by rules made in that behalf under this Act.”.

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