Section 5: Making of industrial wages board order

(1) The Minister shall, before making any industrial wages board order, whether under section 4 of this Act or not, publish a notice in the Federal Gazette of his intention to make the order.
(2) The notice published under subsection (1) of this section shall contain the text of the proposed order, and shall specify the time, being not more than forty days from the date of publication, within which an objection with respect to the order shall be made to the Minister.
(3) The Minister may make rules with respect to the notice to be given of any matter under this Act with a view to bringing the matter of which the notice is to be given so far as practicable to the knowledge of the persons concerned.
(4) Every objection made pursuant to subsection (2) of this section shall be in writing and shall state-
(a) the specific grounds of the objection; and
(b) the omissions, additions or modifications asked for, and the Minister shall consider any such objection made by or on behalf of any person appearing to him to be affected, being an objection sent to him within the time specified in the notice, but shall not be bound to consider any other objections.
(5) After considering all the objections which, under this section, he is required to consider, the Minister may-
(a) make the order without amendments; or
(b) make the order with such amendments as he considers necessary or expedient;
(c) refrain from making the order.
(6) Where the Minister makes an industrial wages board order, he shall publish it (and the report of any commission of inquiry relating to the order) in the Federal Gazette, and the order shall come into operation on the date on which it is so published or on such later date as may be specified therein.