Labour Tribunal (General) Rules
[1 March 1973]
(Format changes—E.R. 1 of 2015)
These rules may be cited as the Labour Tribunal (General) Rules.
In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires—
register (登記冊) means the Register of Claims kept under rule 4.There shall be a registry for claims which shall be situated at such place as the Chief Justice may direct.
A “Register of Claims”, in such form as the Chief Justice may direct, shall be maintained in the registry.
The register shall contain such details of all claims and proceedings in the tribunal as the Chief Justice may direct.
The Register of Claims maintained under rule 4 and the summary of evidence, submissions or statements and of any point of law and of the presiding officer’s decision thereon kept under section 19 of the Ordinance may be kept—
in the form of a book;
in the form of a disc, card, tape, microchips, sound track or other device on or in which information or data is recorded or stored by mechanical, digital, electronic, optical or other means; or (6 of 2025 s. 48)
partly in the form referred to in paragraph (a) and partly in the form referred to in paragraph (b).
Unless otherwise provided by the Ordinance, process shall be served by a person appointed by the registrar.
Service of process shall be effected by delivering a copy of the document to the person to be served or by leaving it with some person for him at his last known place of residence or at his place of work.
The person effecting the service shall endorse on the copy of the document retained by him the date and place of service and the name of the person receiving it and shall sign the endorsement.
If reasonable efforts have been made to serve a document in accordance with rule 5 and service has not been effected, the registrar may make an order for substituted service of the document.
Substituted service shall be effected in such manner as the registrar may direct.
Where the tribunal transfers a claim to the Court of First Instance, the District Court or the Small Claims Tribunal under section 10(2) of the Ordinance, the registrar shall send to the registrar of the court or of the Small Claims Tribunal to which the claim is transferred a certified copy of the entries in the register, and the documents in his custody, relating to the claim.
The registrar of the court or of the Small Claims Tribunal to which the claim is transferred shall appoint a day for the hearing and send notices in the prescribed form to all parties interested. (See Form 5) (L.N. 127 of 1976)
Where a claim is transferred to the tribunal in accordance with any rules made under section 73B, 73C or 73D of the District Court Ordinance (Cap. 336), the registrar shall send a notice in such form as he thinks fit to each claimant and person represented advising them that section 11 of the Ordinance must be complied with in order for the transferred claim to be commenced in the tribunal.
A summary of facts shall be—
prepared in the prescribed form in duplicate; (see Form 6)
signed by the tribunal officer preparing it; and
delivered to the registrar within 24 hours after the completion of the inquiries necessary for its preparation or within such longer period as may be directed by the registrar.
Where an application for leave to appeal is made under section 32 of the Ordinance—
the registrar shall on the request by any party to the proceedings and on payment by such party of the appropriate fee supply to such party within 7 days of the request a certified copy of the record of the proceedings; and
the Registrar of the High Court shall—
fix a date and place for the hearing of the application; and
send a notice to the applicant in the prescribed form of the date and place of hearing. (see Form 15A) (L.N. 127 of 1976)
At the hearing of an application for leave to appeal, the Court of First Instance may with the consent of the applicant alter any ground of appeal, or insert any new ground of appeal, in the application for leave to appeal.
Where leave to appeal is granted under section 32 of the Ordinance—
the registrar shall send to the Registrar of the High Court a copy of the entries in the register and the documents in his custody relating to the claim; (L.N. 127 of 1976)
the Registrar of the High Court shall, on receipt of such documents, fix a date and place for the hearing of the appeal; and
the Registrar of the High Court shall send notices in the prescribed form of the date and place of hearing to be served on the parties to the claim who are interested in the appeal. (see Form 16)
Save with the permission of the Court of First Instance, an appellant shall not be entitled at the hearing of the appeal to rely on any ground of appeal not specified in the application for leave to appeal.
(Repealed L.N. 202 of 1982)
The tribunal may order that the amount of an award or order shall be paid by such instalments, payable at such times, as the tribunal may think fit.
Where an award or order is made by the tribunal, and if no stay of execution has been ordered under section 30A or 37 of the Ordinance, the registrar shall, on the application of the party in whose favour the award or order is made, supply to him a certificate of award or order in the prescribed form and a copy thereof. (see Form 17) (21 of 2018 s. 16)
The registrar of the District Court must, on the production of a certificate of award or order and a copy of it to the registrar, register the certificate in the Register of Actions kept in the District Court. (L.N. 127 of 1976; 20 of 2014 s. 18)
The registrar of the District Court shall seal and date the copy certificate and return it to the person producing it.
A presiding officer may at any time authorize an officer attached to the tribunal, not being below the rank of senior clerical officer, to discharge the duties of the registrar under paragraph (1). (L.N. 279 of 1981)
(Repealed 5 of 1986 s. 3)