Repeal and replacement

of section 32.

Repeal and

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3. Section 32 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following-

"Leave lo

appeal on point of

law.

4.

32. (1) If any party is dissatisfied with an award, order or determination by the tribunal on the grounds that the award, order or determination is-

(a) erroneous in point of law; or

(b) outside the jurisdiction of the tribunal, such party may, within seven days after the date of the award, order or determination, apply to the District Court for leave to appeal and the District Court may grant such leave.

(2) An application for leave to appeal under this section shall be... |

() in the prescribed form which shall set out the grounds of appeal and the reasons in support of such grounds: and

(b) lodged with the Registrar of the District

Court.

(3) A refusal by the District Court to grant leave to appeal shall be final.".

Section 33 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and

replacement replaced by the following-

of section 33.

"Leave to appeal on ground of perjury,

33. (1) If any party is dissatisfied with an award, order or determination by the tribunal on the grounds that the award, order or determination is wrong jo that

(c) a witness gave evidence which he knew to

be false: and

(b) such evidence was accepted by the presiding officer as true and was material to his deter- mination,

such party may, within seven days after the date of the award, order or determination, apply to the District Court for leave to appeal and the District Court may grant such leave.

(2) An application for leave to appeal under this section shall be-

(a) in the prescribed form which shall set out the grounds of appeal, a summary of the

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evidence which is alleged to be false and the reasons for such allegation; and

(6) lodged with the Registrar of the District

Court.

(3) A refusal by the District Court to grant leave

to appeal shall be final.”.

5. Section 35 of the principal Ordinance is amended by Amendment inserting after subsection (3) the following new subsection-

"(4) A decision of the District Court or Full Court on an appeal shall be final.".

6.

of section 35.

Section 36 of the principal Ordinance is amended by Amendment deleting "An" and substituting the following-

7.

"Subject to this Part, an".

of section

36.

Section 37 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and Repeal and replaced by the following-

replacement of section 37.

"Stay of execution on review or appeal.

8.

37. Neither a decision by a presiding officer to exercise his power of review under section 31 nor the filing of an application for leave to appeal under section 32 or 33 shall operate as a stay of execu- tion of an award or order unless the presiding officer or District Court, as the case may be, otherwise orders and any stay of execution may be subject to such conditions as to costs, payment into the tribunal, the giving of security or otherwise as the presiding officer or District Court may think fit.“.

Section 42 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and Repeal and replaced by the following-

"Insulting behaviour.

42. If any person, in a hearing before the

tribunal,-

(a) uses a threatening or insulting expression to or concerning or in the presence of the presiding officer; or

(b) behaves in an insulting manner or wilfully

interrupts the proceedings,

the presiding officer may summarily sentence the offender to a fine of five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for two months.".

replacement of section 42.

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