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| (1) Every collective agreement which is published in the Gazette under section 6 shall come into force on the date of such publication or on such date, if any, as may be specified in that behalf in the agreement. |
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| (2) Where any collective agreement provides that the agreement shall have effect for any period or until any date specified therein, such agreement shall continue in force with effect from the date on which it comes into force as provided in subsection (1) until the end of the period or until the date so specified, unless it ceases earlier to have effect as provided in section 9. |
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| (3) Where no period or date is specified in any collective agreement as the period during which or the date until which the agreement shall have effect, the agreement shall continue in force with effect from the date on which it comes into force as provided in subsection (1), until it ceases to have effect as provided in section 9. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts