Section 9: Manpower Tribunal

9. Manpower Tribunal.____ 1[(1) A Labour Court established under the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969 (XXIII of 1969), hereinafter referred to as the Labour Court, is hereby constituted a Manpower Tribunal for the disposal of applications under sub‑section (2) of section 7 in respect of the whole of the Province for which it has been established or, as the case may be, in respect of the territorial limits within which it exercises jurisdiction as such court. (2) In addition to a Tribunal constituted under sub‑section (1), the Provincial Government may constitute one or more Manpower Tribunals for such area or areas as it may consider necessary for the disposal of applications under sub‑section (2) of section 7 and, where it constitutes a Tribunal for an area within the territorial limits of the jurisdiction of a Labour Court, shall, by notification in the official Gazette, specify the class of such applications which shall be disposed of by the Tribunal so constituted and not by such Labour Court. (3) The Tribunal constituted under sub‑section (2) shall consist of a chairman and two members, all being appointed by the Provincial Government, one of the members being appointed to represent the workers of the area concerned and the other to represent the employers of the area. (3A) The Chairman of a Tribunal constituted under sub‑section (2) shall be a person who has been, or is, or is qualified to be, a Judge or Additional Judge of a High Court or is a District Judge or Additional District Judge and the members shall be appointed in consultation with the workmen and the employers in such manner and on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed.] (4) A member of the Board shall not be appointed to be member of a Tribunal. (5) A Tribunal shall meet at such and places as it thinks fit. (6) A Tribunal shall, for the purpose of receiving evidence, administering oaths, enforcing the attendance of witnesses and compelling the discovery and production of documents, have the powers of a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908), and shall be deemed to be such Court within the meaning of sections 480, 482 and 484 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898).

Effective date: 1965-01-01

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