Amendment of section 10 of Bom. XI of 1947

In section 10 of the principal Act, in sub-section (4), after the words "or is eligible for being appointed a judge of such Court" the words "or has presided over a Labour Court for not less than ten years" shall be inserted and after the proviso, the following further proviso shall be inserted, namely :- "Provided further that a member, who before his appointment as such member has presided over a Labour Court for not less than ten years shall not notwithstanding anything contained in section 92, be eligible for appointment on a Bench of the industrial Court consisting of one member and section 92 shall have effect accordingly." In section 13 of the principal Act,- (a) in sub-section (1), for the words "not less than fifteen percent" the words "not less than twenty-five per cent" shall be substituted; (b) after sub-section (3), the following new sub-section shall be added, namely : - "(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, if a union makes a fresh application for registration as a Representative Union, Qualified union, or as the case may be, Primary Union, the Registrar shall not entertain such application unless a period of one year has elapsed since the date of disposal by the Registrar of the previous application of that union for such registration.". The Bombay Industrial Relations (Gujarat Amendment) Ordinance, 1968 is hereby repealed and the provisions of sections 7 and 25 of the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904 shall apply to such repeal. In section 30 of the principal Act, for the words "The following shall be entitled to appear or act" the words, figures and letter "Subject to the provisions of section 33A, the following shall be entitled to appear or act" shall be substituted.