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(b) a contract of apprenticeship;
"defendant" means a person against whom relief is sought by a claimant other than-
(a) a claimant against whom relief is sought by way of counter-claim;
(b) a person who is being represented in a representative claim; "employee" means a person who has agreed to serve as an employee under a contract of employment;
"party" means a claimant or defendant and any person joined as a third party; "presiding officer" means a presiding officer appointed under section 4;
"registrar" means the Registrar of the Labour Tribunal;
"representative claim" means a claim brought in the name of one claimant on behalf of himself and one or more other claimants;
"tribunal" means the Labour Tribunal established by section 3 and a presiding officer appointed under section 4;
"tribunal officer" means a tribunal officer appointed under section 5.
PART II
CONSTITUTION OF TRIBUNAL
3.
Establishment of tribunal
(1) There is hereby established a tribunal to be known as the Labour Tribunal which shall be a court of record with such jurisdiction and powers as are conferred on it by this and any other Ordinance.
(2) All proceedings in the tribunal shall be heard and determined by a presiding officer sitting alone.
(3) The tribunal shall have a seal of a design approved by the Chief Justice, and all awards, summonses, and other processes of the tribunal shall be sealed therewith.
4.
Appointment of presiding officers
(1) The Governor may appoint one or more presiding officers, who shall constitute the tribunal.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), an appointment made under subsection (1) may be given retrospective effect.
(3) No person appointed as presiding officer shall discharge any judicial function before the date of the instrument by which he is appointed or before the requirements of section 17 of the Oaths and Declarations Ordinance (Cap.11) have been fulfilled.
(cf. Cap.336 s.4)
(Amended 22 of 1973 s.2)
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(b) a contract of apprenticeship;
"defendant" means a person against whom relief is sought by a claimant other
than-
(a) a claimant against whom relief is sought by way of counter-
claim;
(b) a person who is being represented in a representative claim; "employee" means a person who has agreed to serve as an employee under a
contract of employment;
"party" means a claimant or defendant and any person joined as a third party; "presiding officer" means a presiding officer appointed under section 4;
"registrar" means the Registrar of the Labour Tribunal;
"representative claim" means a claim brought in the name of one claimant on
behalf of himself and one or more other claimants;
"tribunal" means the Labour Tribunal established by section 3 and a presiding
officer appointed under section 4;
"tribunal officer" means a tribunal officer appointed under section 5.
PART II
CONSTITUTION OF TRIBUNAL
3.
Establishment of tribunal
(1) There is hereby established a tribunal to be known as the Labour Tribunal which shall be a court of record with such jurisdiction and powers as are conferred on it by this and any other Ordinance.
(2) All proceedings in the tribunal shall be heard and determined by a presiding officer sitting alone.
(3) The tribunal shall have a seal of a design approved by the Chief Justice, and all awards, summonses, and other processes of the tribunal shall be sealed therewith.
4.
Appointment of presiding officers
(1) The Governor may appoint one or more presiding officers, who shall constitute the tribunal.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), an appointment made under subsection (1) may be given retrospective effect.
(3) No person appointed as presiding officer shall discharge any judicial function before the date of the instrument by which he is appointed or before the requirements of section 17 of the Oaths and Declarations Ordinance (Cap. 11) have been fulfilled.
(cf. Cap. 336 s. 4)
(Amended 22 of 1973 s. 2)
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