21. Industrial Court.
(1) For the purposes of this Act, there shall be an Industrial Court which shall consist of -
• (a) a President who shall be appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong; and
• (b) a panel of persons representing employers and a panel of persons representing workmen all of whom shall be appointed by the Minister:
Provided that before appointing the panels the Minister may consult such organisations representing employers and workmen respectively as he may think fit.
(2) During the absence of or inability to act from illness or any other cause by the President, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may appoint another person to exercise the powers or perform the functions of the President and, notwithstanding that the President may have resumed the duties of his office, the person so appointed may continue to exercise the powers or perform the functions for the purpose of completing the hearing of and determining any trade dispute or matter commenced before him.
(3) The appointments made in subsections (1) and (2) shall be published in the Gazette and shall specify, if any, the terms and conditions upon which they are made.
(4) The Minister shall remove from a panel referred to in subsection (1) (b) a person who has declined to constitute the Court when selected to do so, or has absented himself, when selected, from the proceedings of the Court, unless he has shown reasonable cause for so
declining or absenting himself; and the Minister may at any time without assigning any reason therefor revoke the appointment of any person to such panel.