Section 5A
Dock Labour Boards.
The Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1948
About this Act
An Act to provide for regulating the employment of dock workers.
1[5A. Dock Labour Boards.--(1) The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,
establish a Dock Labour Board for a port or group of ports to be known by such name as may be specified
in the notification.
(2) Every such Board shall be a body corporate with the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract and may, by that name, sue and be sued.
(3) Every such Board shall consist of a Chairman and such number of other members as may he appointed by the Government:
Provided that every such Board shall include an equal number of members representing--
(i) the Government,
(ii) the dock workers, and
(iii) the employers of dock workers, and shipping companies.
(4) The Chairman of a Board shall be one of the members appointed to represent the Government, and nominated in this behalf by the Government.]
(2) Every such Board shall be a body corporate with the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract and may, by that name, sue and be sued.
(3) Every such Board shall consist of a Chairman and such number of other members as may he appointed by the Government:
Provided that every such Board shall include an equal number of members representing--
(i) the Government,
(ii) the dock workers, and
(iii) the employers of dock workers, and shipping companies.
(4) The Chairman of a Board shall be one of the members appointed to represent the Government, and nominated in this behalf by the Government.]
Notes
1. Ins. by s. 5, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-6-1962).