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(5) Where workmen employed under the same employer are entitled to
receive from him any money or any benefit capable of being computed in terms
of money, then, subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf, a single
application for the recovery of the amount due may be made on behalf of or in
respect of any number of such workmen.
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Explanation.--In this section "Labour Court" includes any court
constituted under any law relating to investigation and settlement of
industrial disputes in force in any State.]]
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Cognizance of offences.
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(4) The decision of the Labour Court shall be forwarded by it to the
appropriate Government and any amount found due by the Labour Court may
be recovered in the manner provided for in sub-section (1).
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(2) Where any workman is entitled to receive from the employer any
money or any benefit which is capable of being computed in terms of money
and if any question arises as to the amount of money due or as to the amount
at which such benefit should be computed, then the question may, subject to
any rules that may be made under this Act, be decided by such Labour Court as
may be specified in this behalf by the appropriate Government; 1[within a
period not exceeding three months:]
2*[Provided that where the presiding officer of a Labour Court
considers it necessary or expedient so to do, he may, for reasons to be
recorded in writing, extend such period by such further period as he may
think fit.]
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(3) For the purposes of computing the money value of a benefit, the
Labour Court may, if it so thinks fit, appoint a commissioner who shall,
after taking such evidence as may be necessary, submit a report to the Labour
Court and the Labour Court shall determine the amount after considering
the report of the commissioner and other
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3*[33C. Recovery of money due from an employer.- (1) Where any money
is due to a workman from an employer under a settlement or an award or
under the provisions of 4*[Chapter VA or Chapter VB], the workman himself
or any other person authorised by him in writing in this behalf, or, in the
case of the death of the workman, his assignee or heirs may, without prejudice
to any other mode of recovery, make an application to the appropriate
Government for the recovery of the money due to him, and if the
appropriate Government is satisfied that any money is so due, it
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1. Subs. by Act 46 of 1982, s. 18 (w.e.f. 21.8.1984).
2. Ins. by Act 36 of 1956, s. 23 (w.e.f. 10-3-1957).
3. Subs. by Act 36 of 1964, s. 19, for the former section (w.e.f.
19-12-1964).
4. Subs. by Act 32 of 1976, s. 4, for "Chapter VA" (w.e.f. 5-3-
1976).
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shall issue a certificate for that amount to the Collector who shall proceed
to recover the same in the same manner as an arrear of land revenue:
Provided that every such application shall be made within one year
from the date on which the money became due to the workman from the
employer:
Provided further that any such application may be entertained after
the expiry of the said period of one year, if the appropriate Government is
satisfied that the applicant had sufficient cause for not making the
application within the said period.
Source: India Code