Section 36. ```

``` Representation of parties. ``` ``` 1*[36. Representation of parties (3) No party to a dispute shall be entitled to be represented by a legal practitioner in any conciliation proceedings under this Act or in any proceedings before a Court. ``` Representation of parties. ``` ``` 1*[36. Representation of parties (4) In any proceeding 1*[before a Labour Court, Tribunal or National Tribunal], a party to a dispute may be represented by a legal practitioner with the consent of the other parties to the proceeding and 2*[with the leave of the Labour Court, Tribunal or National Tribunal, as the case may be].] ``` Representation of parties. ``` ``` 1*[36. Representation of parties (2) An employer who is a party to a dispute shall be entitled to be represented in any proceeding under this Act by-- ``` ``` (a) an officer of an association of employers of which he is a member; ``` ``` (b) an officer of a federation of association of employers to which the association referred to in clause (a) is affiliated; (c) where the employer is not a member of any association of employers, by an officer of any association of employers connected with, or by any other employer engaged in, --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Subs. by Act 48 of 1950, s. 34 and Sch., for s. 36. 2. Subs. by Act 45 of 1971, s. 6 (w.e.f. 15-12-1971). ``` ``` 184A ``` ``` the industry in which the employer is engaged and authorized in such manner as may be prescribed. ``` Representation of parties. ``` ``` 1*[36. Representation of parties 36. ``` ``` Representation of parties. ``` ``` 1*[36. Representation of parties.-(1) A workman who is a party to a dispute shall be entitled to be represented in any proceeding under this Act by-- ``` ``` (a) 2*[any member of the executive or office bearer] of a registered trade union of which he is a member: ``` ``` (b) 2*[any member of the executive or other office bearer] of a federation of trade unions to which the trade union referred to in clause (a) is affiliated; ``` ``` (c) where the worker is not a member of any trade union, by 2*[any member of the executive or other office bearer] of any trade union connected with, or by any other workman employed in, the industry in which the worker is employed and authorized in such manner as may be prescribed.