Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The State Governmet may, by noti- fication in the Official Gazette, appoint any officer of the Labour De-partment of the State Government not below the rank of an Assistaht Labour Commis- sioner or any other oEcer with judicial experience as a Judge of a Civil Court or any Subdivisional Judicial Magistrate to be the competent authority having jur~sdrct~on over such area as may be specified in the notjfication.to hear and decide claims arising out of any agreement Cntered into between the agent and the dadan labourer in pursuance of section 9. THE ORISSA DADAN LABOUR [Or, Act- . , I (2) Where any agent or any dadan labourer has ally claim c7f the nature referred la in sub-sectron 1 I, the claimant himself, or any person authorised by him in writing in this behalf or in the case of the deathof theclaimant, any member ofhis family or ab inspector may, wilhout prejudice io any other mode of recovery, make an application tc the competent authority for computation of the dues of Lhe claimant : Provided that every such application shall be presented within six months from the date on which the dues become payable : Provided further that an application may be enterlained by the competent authority after the expiry of the said period of six months if it is satisfied ihat the claimant was prevented by suficicn t cause from making the application in time. (3) When any application under sub-section (2) is entertained, the competent authority shaII, afier giving the concerned parties and such other persons as it considers to be interested a reasonable oppor- tunity of being heard and after making such fur thcr enquiry as it may consider necessary, compute the dues of the claimant. (4) If the competent authority, while hcaring an application under this section, is satisfied that the application is either malicious or vexatious, it may direct that a penalty not exceeding fifty rupees be to the person against whom the claim is made by the person presenting tbe application. (5) Any amount due to the claimant as compu- ted by the competent authority may be recovered- (u) if the competent authority is a Magistrate, by it as if it were a fine imposed by it as a Magistrate ; or if the competent ailthority is not a Magi- strate, by the jssue of a certificate by it for that amount to the Collector, and the Collector shalI proceed to recover that amount in the same manner as an arrear of public demand. (6) All orders made unrler this section shall bc finaI arrd shall not bc liable to bc challcngcd in any Court. (7) Every compelent authority appointed under sub-section (I) shalI have the same powers as arc vested in a Court under I he Code of Civil Procedure, Igo8 1908 when trying a suit in respect of- (a) sum111oning and enforcir~g the atlcnda~lce of witnesses and cxarnining them on oath ; (b) requiring the discovery and prodaction of documents ; (c) receiving evidence on affidavit ; and (d) such other mattcrs as may be prescribed. (8) Every competent authority slialI be dce~z~ed to be a'CiviI Court for the purposes of section- 195 and Chapter XXVI of thc Code of Criminal Procc- lY7" dure, 1973. CHAPTER IV APPOINTMENT, POWERS AND DUTIES OF CHEF INSPECTOR AND INSPECTORS