Singapore legislation

Clause 19

of Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill

Clause 19

Amendment of section 41

Section 41 of the Ordinance is hereby amended —

(a)

by deleting the expression “subsection (2)” appearing in the first line of subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the expression “subsections (2) and (3)”; and

(b)

by inserting immediately after subsection (2) thereof the following new subsections: —“(3) No award of the Court determining a trade dispute shall be varied or set aside except for the purpose of removing ambiguity or uncertainty.(4) Where an application for an order to vary or set aside any of the terms of an award has been made, under subsection (1) of this section, by any person or trade union bound by an award with the prior agreement of the other party affected by the application the powers of the Court under this section shall be exercisable by the Court constituted by the President alone.”.

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