27. Any party, trade union, employer or workman, bound by the award of an industrial court, who desires that such award be set aside or replaced by a new award, or that the terms and conditions be modified, or that any new terms or conditions be inserted in the award, may make application in that behalf to the Minister ; and the Minister shall thereupon refer the application for consideration by an industrial court: Provided, however, that-
| (a) where any application in respect of any award is made at any time within the period of twelve months from the date on which the award came into force as provided in subsection (2) of section 25, the application shall not be entertained by the Minister unless it is supported by a certificate under the hand of the Commissioner to the effect that a change in the economic and labour conditions warrants the reconsideration of the findings in that award before the expiry of that period ; and |
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| (b) where a trade union is, or is included in, a party bound by an award, no application in respect of that award made independently of that trade union by any employer or workman who is a member of that trade union, shall be entertained by the Minister. |
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