In respect of offence punishable under this Act, a Labour Court shall have all the powers1[under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (II of 1974) of a Metropolitan Magistrate in a metropolitan area and a Judicial Magistrate of the first class elsewhere,] and in the trial of every such offence shall follow the procedure laid down in2[Chapter XXI] of the said Code for a summary trial3* * * * ; and the rest of the provisions of the said Code shall, so far as may be, apply to such trial.
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1. These words, and figures were substituted for the words, figures and letters "under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, of a Presidency Magistrate in Greater Bombay and a Magistrate of the First Class elsewhere Mah. 47 of 1977, s. 7(1).
2. This word and figures were substituted for the word and figures "Chapter XXII" "under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, of a Presidency Magistrate in Greater Bombay and a Magistrate of the First Class elsewhere Mah. 47 of 1977, s. 7(2).
3. These words were deleted by "Chapter XXII" "under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, of a Presidency Magistrate in Greater Bombay and a Magistrate of the First Class elsewhere Mah. 47 of 1977, s. 7(3).