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| (1) Whenever an industrial court consists of more than one person and there is a vacancy in such court, the court may act notwithstanding such vacancy. |
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| (2) Where an industrial court consists of more than one person and any such person is unable to function owing to illness or any other reason, the Minister shall, if the person unable to function is the president of the court, select another person from the panel and appoint him as the president of the court in place of the person who is unable to function as such president, and may, if the person unable to function is not the president of the court, select another person from the panel and appoint him as a member of the court in place of the person who is unable to function. |
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| (3) Where an industrial court consists of one person and he is unable to function owing to illness or any other reason, the Minister shall reconstitute the court by selecting another person from the panel to take the place of the first-mentioned person. |
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| (4) Where a vacancy occurs in an industrial court after an inquiry by the court into an industrial dispute has commenced and the vacancy is filled under subsection (2) or subsection (3), the inquiry may be continued from the stage at which it was when the vacancy was filled. |
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| (5) No act, proceeding or determination of an industrial court shall be called in question or invalidated by reason of any vacancy in the court. |
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