[ S.L.452.01 BOARDS OF CONCILIATION 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 452.01 BOARDS OF CONCILIATION REGULATIONS 15th March, 1949 GOVERNMENT NOTICE 152 of 1949, as amended by Government Notice 583 of 1949 and Emergency Ordinance VI of
- The title of these regulations is the Boards of Conciliation Regulations. Title.
- The meanings set out in article 2 of the Employment and Industrial Relations Act are applicable to these regulations. Interpretation. Cap.
- A Board of Conciliation shall be appointed by the Minister by means of a letter addressed to each member, and the appointments and the composition of a Board of Conciliation shall be published in the Gazette. When a board consists of more than one member one of the members, to be designated as such by the Minister, shall be chairman. Appointment of Board of Conciliation.
- The terms of reference of a Board of Conciliation shall be set out in writing by the Minister and transmitted to it before it holds its first sitting. Terms of reference.
- Before a Board of Conciliation initiates proceedings, in the matters with which it is entrusted, each member thereof other than a Judge or a Magistrate shall take an oath to conduct the proceedings with equity and impartiality and to the best of that member’s ability. Oath. 6.
(1)A Board of Conciliation shall have the power to summon witnesses and to administer the oath to same; to appoint assessors; and to require any person who appears to the Board to have special knowledge of the subject matter of the inquiry to furnish, in writing or otherwise, and to confirm on oath such particulars in relation thereto as the Board may require. All necessary orders shall be made in the name of the sole member of the Board of Conciliation or as the case may be of the chairman thereof over the signature of the secretary of the Board. In cases where the Board consists of more than one member, the oath shall be administered by the chairman. Powers of Board of Conciiliation. Amended by: G.N. 583 of 1949; Em. Ord. VI of 1958.
(2)In the matter of summoning witnesses and of enforcing the attendance of the witnesses summoned, a Board of Conciliation shall have the same powers as a civil court as set out in the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure except that it shall not in any case be enabled to order the detention of any person, and execpt that the duties of court usher and of a court marshal respectively shall be performed by members of the Executive Police detailed for the purpose by the Commissioner of Police. Any fine inflicted by a Board of Conciliation shall be recoverable by the Attorney General as a civil debt due to the Government.
- At the conclusion of the proceedings the Board shall report thereon to the Minister and shall, if a settlement of a trade dispute Cap.
- Report to the Minister. 2 [ S.L.452.01 BOARDS OF CONCILIATION is effected thereby, attach to the report a memorandum of the terms of such settlement signed by the parties to the dispute or their representatives, or, if no such settlement is reached, shall set out the point or points in respect of which agreement was not reached. Publication of report.
- The Minister, after such report has been received by him, may cause to be published in such manner as he thinks fit either the report as a whole or any part thereof. Members not to divulge.
- The members of a Board of Conciliation shall not divulge anything that was discusssed by the Board in the course of its proceedings. Secretary of the Board. 10.
(1)The Minister shall appoint an officer of the Ministry to act as secretary to each Board of Conciliation, and shall make all arrangements for the accommodation of the Board.
(2)The written record of the proceedings of a Board of Conciliation shall, on the final report having been delivered to the Minister, be delivered to and kept as a confidential file by the Minister. Witnesses. Cap. 108. 11. Witnesses shall be paid fees in accordance with the Witnesses (Fees) Ordinance).