State Act

THE UNITED PROVINCES INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES ACT, 1947

5-C (1) Subject to any rules that may be made in this behalf, an arbitrator, a Labour Court of a Tribunal shall follow such procedure as the arbitrator, the Labour Court or the Tribunal concerned may think fit. (2) A Presiding Officer of a Labour Court or a Tribunal may for the purpose of enquiry into any existing or apprehended industrial dispute, after giving reasonable notice, enter the premises occupied by any establishment to which the dispute relates. (3) Every Beard, Labour Court and Tribunal shall have the same powers as are vested in a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, when trying a suit in respect of the following matters namely- (a) enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath or affirmation or otherwise; (b) requiring discovers and production of documents and material objects; (c) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses; (d) inspection of any property or thing, including machinery concerning any such dispute; and (e) in respect or such other matters its may be prescribed; and every enquiry or investigation by Labour Court or Tribunal shall be deemed to the a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 of the Indian Penal Code. 1[(4) Every award made, order issued or settlement arrived at by or before Labour Court or Tribunal shall be executed in accordance with the procedure laid down for execution of orders and decree of a Civil Court under order 21 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. (5) After publication of the award, the Labour Court or Tribunal as the case may be, shall forward any award order or settlement to a Civil Court having jurisdiction and such Civil Court shall execute the award, order or settlement as if it were a decree passed by it.]1