12. Amendment of section 39 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

Section 39 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—

(1)

by the insertion immediately after subsection (2)

of that section, of the following new subsection :—

“(2A) In mediating and resolving any dispute under subsection (2), the Commission may where it considers it expendient to do so, refer such dispute for purpose of resolution to a Panel of Mediators consisting of three persons appointed by the

Commission, one of whom shall be either a member of the Commission or a member of the staff of the

Commission or a public officer, who shall function as the Chairman of such Panel. The Panel of

Mediators shall make every endeavour to resolve the dispute referred to it and bring about a settlement among the parties to the dispute and conclude its deliberations within the time, as shall be specified by the Commission.”; and

(2)

in subsection (3) of that section, by the substitution for the words “by rules made under the Public

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and this Act.”, of the words “by rules made under this Act.”.

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