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    The document is an act to amend the Industrial Disputes Act in Sri Lanka. It inserts a new Part VA that prohibits unfair labor practices by employers. It also amends sections 40 and 43 of the principal enactment to include penalties for violations of the new provisions.

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    The document is an act to amend the Industrial Disputes Act in Sri Lanka. It inserts a new Part VA that prohibits unfair labor practices by employers. It also amends sections 40 and 43 of the principal enactment to include penalties for violations of the new provisions.

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    The document is an act to amend the Industrial Disputes Act in Sri Lanka. It inserts a new Part VA that prohibits unfair labor practices by employers. It also amends sections 40 and 43 of the principal enactment to include penalties for violations of the new provisions.

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    PARLIAMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC


    SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF
    SRI LANKA

    INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES (AMENDMENT)


    ACT, No. 56 OF 1999

    [Certified on December 31, 1999]

    Printed on the Order of Government

    Published as a Supplement to Part II of the Gazette of the Democratic Socialist


    Republic of Sri Lanka of December 31,1999

    PRINTED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, SRI LANKA

    TO BE PURCHASED AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS BUREAU, COLOMBO 01

    Price : Rs. 4.50 Postage : Rs. 3.50


    Industrial Disputes (Amendment) 1
    Act, No. 56 of 1999

    [Certified on December 31, 1999]

    AN ACT TO AMEND THE INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES ACT


    L.D.––O. 16/95.

    BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist


    Republic of Sri Lanka as follows :––

    1. This Act may be cited as Industrial Disputes Short title.


    (Amendment) Act, No. 56 of 1999.

    2. The following new Part is hereby inserted immediately Insertion of new


    after Part V of the Industrial Disputes Act (hereinafter referred part VÂ in
    Chapter 131.
    to as the “Principal enactment”) and shall have effect as Part
    VA of that Act :–

    “Part VA

    UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICES

    Prohibition 32A No employer shall –


    of unfair
    labour (a) require a workman to join, or
    practices
    by refrain from joining, any trade union,
    employers. or to withdraw from or to refrain
    from withdrawing from, his
    membership of a trade union of which
    he is a member, as a condition of his
    employment ;

    (b) dismiss a workman by reason only of his


    membership of a trade union or of his
    engaging in trade union activities ;

    (c) give any inducement or promise to a


    workman for the purpose of preventing
    him from becoming, or continuing to be,
    a member, office bearer or representative
    of a trade union ;
    H-022545
    2 Industrial Disputes (Amendment)
    Act, No. 56 of 1999

    (d) prevent a workman from–

    (i) forming a trade union ; or

    (ii) supporting a trade union by


    financial or other means ;

    (e) interfere with the conduct of the


    activities of a trade union ;

    (f) dismiss, or otherwise take disciplinary


    action against, any workman or office-
    bearer of a trade union–

    (i) for any statement made by such


    workman or office-bearer in good
    faith before any tribunal or person
    in authority ; or

    (ii) for any statement regarding acts


    or omissions of the employer
    relating to the terms and
    conditions of employment, of the
    members of such trade union made
    by such workman or office-bearer,
    in pursuance of an industrial
    dispute for the purpose of securing
    redress or amelioration of working
    conditions of such members ;

    (g) refuse to bargain with a trade union


    which has in its membership not less
    than forty per centum of the
    workmen on whose behalf such trade
    union seeks to bargain.
    Industrial Disputes (Amendment) 3
    Act, No. 56 of 1999

    For the purpose of this paragraph the


    Commissioner of Labour or an officer
    authorized by him in that behalf may
    conduct a poll at any work place in order
    to ascertain whether at least forty per
    centum of the workmen on whose behalf
    the trade union seeks to bargain with the
    employer, are members of such trade
    union.”.

    3. Section 40 of the principal enactment is hereby Amendment of


    amended in subsection (1) of that section, by the insertion section 40 of the
    principal
    immediately after paragraph (S) of that subsection of the enactment.
    following new paragraph :–

    “(ss) being an employer, contravenes the


    provisions of section 32A ;”.

    4. Section 43 of the principal enactment is hereby Amendment of


    amended as follows :– section 43 of the
    principal
    enactment.
    (1) in subsection (1) of that section, by the substitution,
    for the words “commits any offence under this Act shall”, of
    the words “ commits any offence under this Act, other than an
    offence under section (40) (1) (ss), shall” ; and

    (2) by the insertion, immidiately after subsection (1) of


    that section, of the following subsection :–

    “ (1A) Every person who commits an offence under


    section 40 (1) (ss) shall be liable on conviction after summary
    trail before a magistrate to a fine not exceeding twenty
    thousand rupees.”.

    5. In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala Sinhala text to


    and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala Text shall prevail. prevail in case of
    inconsistency.
    Annual subscription of English Bills and Acts of the Parliament Rs.885 (Local). Rs.1,180 (Foreign).
    Payable to the SUPERINTENDENT , GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS BUREAU, NO. 32, TRANSWORKS HOUSE,
    LOTUS ROAD, COLOMBO 01 before 15 th December each year in respect of the year following.

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