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| (1) Where any person -
| | | (a) does anything that brings the Compensation Tribunal or members of the Compensation Tribunal into disrepute during the progress or after the conclusion of any meeting of the Compensation Tribunal; |
| (b) interferes with the lawful process of the Compensation Tribunal; or |
| (c) in the course of any meeting held by the Compensation Tribunal under this Act -
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| (2) Where the Compensation Tribunal determines that a person has committed any offence of contempt referred to in subsection (1) against or in disrespect of its authority, it may cause its secretary to transmit to the Court of Appeal a certificate setting out such determination; every such certificate shall be signed by the Chairman of the Compensation Tribunal. | | |
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| (3) In any proceedings for the punishment of an offence of contempt which the Court of Appeal may think fit to take cognizance of as provided in subsection (5) hereunder, any document purporting to be a certificate signed and transmitted to that court under subsection (2) shall -
| | | (a) be received in evidence and deemed to be such a certificate without further proof unless the contrary is proved; and |
| (b) be evidence of the facts stated in the determination set out therein and be conclusive evidence that such determination was made by the Compensation Tribunal. |
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| (4) In any proceedings taken as provided in subsection (5) hereunder for the punishment of any alleged offence of contempt against or in disrespect of, the authority of the Compensation Tribunal no member of such Tribunal shall, except with his own consent, be summoned or examined as a witness. | | |
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| (5) Every offence of contempt committed against or in disrespect of the authority of the Compensation Tribunal shall be punishable by the Court of Appeal. ". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts