Termination of Employment of Workmen (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Act 2003 · As enacted
2. Amendment of section 2…
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Section 2 of the Termination of Employment of
Workmen (Special Provisions) Act, No. 45 of 1971,
(hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) as amended by Act, No. 51 of 1988, is hereby further amended as follows :—
in subsection (2) of that section by the substitution for paragraph (a) of that subsection, of the following paragraph :—
“(a)
such approval may be granted or refused on application made in that behalf by such employer, a copy of which application shall be served on the workman concerned, who shall be afforded an opportunity of being heard;”;
by the insertion immediately after subsection (2) of that section, of the following new subsection :—
“(2A)
It shall be the duty of the Commissioner on receipt of an application under subsection (2), to call upon the workman concerned within three days of the receipt of such application, by the
Commissioner, to submit his response to such application within seven days of the receipt of the same by such workmen :
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Provided however, that where the workman fails to respond within the above period, the Commissioner may grant a further period not exceeding seven days, upon his being satisfied that such failure was due to circumstances beyond the control of such workman.”;