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A BILL
To
Amend the Labour Tribunal Ordinance.
ANNEX TO XCK(79)111
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the
advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
Short title.
1.
This Ordinance may be cited as the Labour
Tribunal (Amendment) Ordinance 1979.
Amendment of section 9. (Cap. 25.)
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2. Section 9 of the principal Ordinance is
amended by deleting the figure "6" in each place
where it occurs in subsections (1) and (2) and
substituting the following
Transitional.
"12".
(1) If the cause of action in a claim
or part of a claim arose more than 6 months before
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the commencement of this Ordinance, then notwithstanding
section 2 the tribunal shall not have jurisdiction
under section 9(1) of the principal Ordinance as
amended by this Ordinance, to inquire into, hear
or determine such claim or part of a claim unless
the parties to the claim agree or have agreed, in
either case, in the manner provided in section 9(1)
of the principal Ordinance that the tribunal shall
have jurisdiction.