Section 20

by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

“(1a)  An award made under subsection (1) for the payment of money shall carry interest at the rate of eight per centum per annum, or such lesser rate as

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the Court may direct, the interest to be calculated commencing on the thirty-first day from the date of the making of the award until the day the award is satisfied;

Provided that the Court, on an application made by the aggrieved party within thirty days from the date of the making of the award, is satisfied that special circumstances exist, may determine any other date from which the interest is to be calculated.”;

in subsection (6a), by substituting for the full stop at the end of the sentence a colon;

by inserting after subsection (6a) the following proviso:

“Provided that this subsection is not applicable to a dismissal that relates to section 4, 5 or 7 of this

Act.”;

by inserting after subsection (6a) the following subsection:

“(6b)  Notwithstanding subsection (6), the Court, in making an award in relation to a reference under subsection 20(3) in respect of a deceased workman, shall have the power to award backwages or compensation in lieu of reinstatement or both to the next-of-kin of the deceased workman.”; and

in subsection (7)—

by substituting for the colon a full stop; and