A Labour Court or a Tribunal shall have the power of a Civil Court to execute its award or any settlement as a decree of a Civil Court.

6. Amendment of section 25 FFF In sub-section

1. (1) of section 25 FFF of the principal Act,-
   • (a) before the existing proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:- " Provided that the prior payment of compensation to the workman shall be a condition precedent to the closure of any undertaking";
   • (b) in the existing proviso for the words " provided that" the words "provide further that" shall be substituted. 7. Amendment of section 25 H Section 25H of the principal Act, shall be numbered as sub-section
2. (1) of that section and after sub-section
3. (1) as so numbered, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-
4. (2) Where a closed unit is reopened the workmen on the roll of the unit at the time of its closure shall be given an opportunity to offer themselves for employment in the manner provided in sub-section (1). 8. Condition of reinstatement in service by an award of Labour Court or Tribunal After section 25H of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-