1964_LABOUR_TRIBUNAL_ORDINANCE — Page 6

1989 Ed.]

Labour Tribunal

[CAP. 25

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5. Tribunal officers

The Governor may appoint such number of tribunal officers as he may think fit, who shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as are conferred on them by this and any other Ordinance.

6. Officers of the tribunal

(1) There shall be attached to the tribunal a registrar and such number of deputy or assistant registrars, bailiffs, clerks, interpreters and other officers as the Governor may consider necessary.

(2) In addition to the powers and duties conferred or imposed by this and any other Ordinance, the registrar, any deputy or assistant registrar, bailiff, clerk, interpreter and other officer attached to the tribunal may exercise such powers and perform such duties, insofar as the same are applicable to the business of the tribunal, as those exercised or performed by the Registrar, deputy registrar, assistant registrar, bailiff, clerk, interpreter or other officer attached to the Supreme Court. (Amended 92 of 1975 s. 58)

(3) Any act which under this or any other enactment is required or authorized to be done by the registrar may be performed by a deputy registrar or assistant registrar of the tribunal and any process of the tribunal may be executed by any bailiff thereof notwithstanding that it may have been directed personally to some other bailiff.

(4) In exercise of his powers and performance of his duties under this Ordinance, a person to whom this section applies shall be subject to the same liabilities and penalties and have the benefit of the same protection as attached by virtue of the Supreme Court Ordinance (Cap. 4) to a person exercising or performing similar powers or duties under that Ordinance.

(5) The Commissioner may authorize any public officer to assist in conciliation under this Ordinance.

PART III

JURISDICTION

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Jurisdiction of tribunal

(1) The tribunal shall have jurisdiction to inquire into, hear and determine the claims specified in the Schedule.

(2) Save as is provided in this Ordinance, no claim within the jurisdiction of the tribunal shall be actionable in any court in Hong Kong.

8. Power to amend Schedule

The Legislative Council may, by resolution, amend the Schedule.