Singapore legislation

Section 11

of Industrial Relations Act 1960

Section 11

Constitution of Court

(1)

For the purpose of constituting a Court in relation to a trade dispute or matter, the president shall determine in the prescribed manner who the parties to the trade dispute or matter are and shall invite —

(a)

the trade unions of employees who are parties to the trade dispute or matter to select one member of the employee panel; and

(b)

the employers who are parties to the trade dispute or matter to select one member of the employer panel.

(2)

If all the trade unions of employees who are parties to the trade dispute or matter or all the employers who are parties to the trade dispute or matter unanimously select a member of the employee panel or employer panel, as the case may be, the president shall declare that that person shall be a member of the Court for the purposes of the trade dispute or matter.

(3)

If a member of a panel is not selected in accordance with subsection (2), the president shall —

(a)

if he is of the opinion that a member of that panel has been selected by trade unions of employees who represent the majority of employees concerned in the trade dispute or matter or by the majority of the employers concerned in the trade dispute or matter, as the case may be, declare that that person shall be a member of the Court for the purposes of the trade dispute or matter; and

(b)

in any other case, notify the Minister and the Minister shall select a person from the panel and the president shall declare that that person shall be a member of the Court for the purposes of the trade dispute or matter.

(4)

When the president has declared that a person shall be a member of the Court for the purposes of a trade dispute or matter, that person shall, subject to section 12, be a member of the Court for the purposes of that trade dispute or matter notwithstanding that in the proceedings relating to the trade dispute or matter parties may be joined or struck out.

(5)

Such declaration shall not be challenged or called in question on the ground that the selection may not have been in accordance with this section.

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