Power of Labour Court and Industrial Court in respect of criminal case

(1) In respect of offences punishable under this Act or any of specified in Schedule II-A, a Labour Court shall have all the powers Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (No. 2 of 1974) of a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class and in the trial of every such offence shall follow the procedure laid down in Chapter XXI of the said Code for summary trial and the rest of such provisions of the Code shall, so far as may be, apply to the trial. (2) In respect of offences punishable under this Act or any of the specified in Schedule II-A, the Industrial Court shall have all the powers of the High Court under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (No. 2 of 1974).