Work procedure & Powers - Industrial Disputes Act(1947), Industrial Laws | Industrial Laws - B Com PDF Download

Section 11 provides that every Conciliation Officer or member of a Board or Court or Presiding Officer of a Labour Court, Industrial Tribunal or National Tribunal after giving notice can enter the premises occupied by any establishment to which the disputes relate and follow such procedure as the arbitrator or other authority concerned may think fit. They have the same power as are vested in the Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 while trying a suit in matters like,
a. enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath,
b. compelling the production of documents and material objects,
c. issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses,
d. in respect of other such other matters as may be prescribed.
An assessor or assessors may be appointed by the Conciliation Board, Labour Court, and Court of Inquiry, Industrial Tribunal or National Tribunal for advice having special knowledge on that matter. The Conciliation Officer may enforce the attendance of any person for the purpose of examination of such person or call for and inspect the documents. The Conciliation Board, Labour Court, and Court of Inquiry, Industrial Tribunal or National Tribunal has the full power to determine to what extent, by whom and subject to what conditions costs are to be paid.
Thus, it is seen that section 11 (1) has given wide power to the Conciliation Board, Labour Court, and Court of Inquiry, Industrial Tribunal or National Tribunal in the settlement of industrial disputes.