Wages Boards (Amendment) Act (No. 24 of 1966)

Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

Replacement of section 56 of the principal enactment. [ 19, 27 of 1957.]

19. Section 56 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor : -

56. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other written law-

	(a) a suit for the recovery of any sum due under this Ordinance from any employer to any worker may be instituted in a court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the Commissioner of Labour or in the name of a trade union which is registered under the Trade Unions Ordinance and of which that worker is a member ;

	(b) any sums due under this Ordinance from an employer to two or more workers may be sued for in a single suit instituted in the name of the Commissioner of Labour or in the name of a tradeunion which is registered under the Trade Unions Ordinance and of which those workers are members ;

	(c) a suit for the recovery of any sum due under this Ordinance from any employer to any worker shall be maintainable if it is instituted within four years after that sum has become due ;

	(d) in any such suit instituted in the name of the Commissioner of Labour, he may be represented by any Deputy or Assistant Commissioner of Laoour or any inspector of labour ; and

	(e) in any such instituted in the name of a trade union, such union may be represented by any of its officers.".