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Question: Who can represent me in the Industrial Court?

Answer: Section 27(1) of the Industrial Relations Act. 1967, provides that in any proceedings before the Court a party may :

1. Where the party is a trade union, be represented by an officer or employee of the trade union;

2. Where that party is an employer, appear himself personally or be represented by his duly authorized employee or an officer or employee of the trade union of employers of which he is a member;

3. Where the party is a workmen (in proceedings under Section 20(3)), appear himself personally or where he is a member of a trade union of workmen, be represented by an officer or employee of the trade union;

4. Where the party is a trade union, or an employer, or a workman (in proceedings under section 20(3)) be represented with the permission of the President or the Chairman, by an advocate, or ,notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any written law relating to the registration of trade unions, by any official of an organisation (not being a trade union) of employers or workmen, as the case may be, registered in Malaysia.

(Source: Mahkamah Perusahaan Malaysia (Industrial Court of Malaysia), 21 Nov 2025)

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