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(1) In the case of any industrial establishment in which one hundred or
more workers are employed or have been employed on any day in the preceding twelve months, the
appropriate Government may by general or special order require the employer to constitute a Works
Committee, in such manner as may be prescribed, consisting of representatives of employer and workers
engaged in the establishment:
Provided that the number of representatives of workers in such Committee shall not be less than the
number of representatives of the employer.
(2) The representatives of the workers shall be chosen, in such manner as may be prescribed, from
among the workers engaged in the establishment and in consultation with their Trade Union, if any,
registered in accordance with the provisions of section 9.
(3) It shall be the duty of the Works Committee to promote measures for securing and preserving
amity and good relations between the employer and workers and, to that end, to comment upon matters
of their common interest or concern and endeavour to compose any material difference of opinion in
respect of such matters.