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| (1) Any party, trade union, employer or workman, bound by an award made by an arbitrator under this Act, may repudiate the award by a written notice in the prescribed form sent to the Commissioner and to every other party, trade union, employer and workman bound by the award: |
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| (2) Where a valid notice of repudiation of an award is received by the Commissioner, then, subject as hereinafter provided-
| | (a) the award to which such notice relates shall cease to have effect upon the expiration of three months immediately succeeding the month in which the notice is so received by the Commissioner or upon the expiration of twelve months from the date on which the award came into force as provided in section 18 (2), whichever is the later; and | | |
| | (b) the Commissioner shall cause such notice to be published in the Gazette, together with a declaration as to the time at which the award shall cease to have effect as provided in paragraph (a) : | | |
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