23. Divisions of the Court.

(1) The Court may sit in two or more Divisions with the same or different Chairman.

(2) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may be notification in the Gazette appoint any person to be a Chairman of any Division of the Court.

(3) Any Division shall be constituted of a Chairman any two members selected by the President, one from each of the panels specified in section 21 (1).

(4) Notwithstanding the foregoing subsections, for the purpose of dealing with any reference to the Court under section 20 (3), a Division may be constituted by the Chairman sitting alone.

(5) The Court may, with the consent of the parties to the dispute, act notwithstanding any vacancy in its number or in the absence of any member other than the Chairman from any hearing or any part thereof and no act, proceeding or award of the Court shall be called in question or be invalidated by reason of any such vacancy or absence.

(6) During the absence of or inability to act from illness or any other cause by the Chairman, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may appoint another person to exercise the powers or perform the functions of the Chairman and, notwithstanding that the Chairman 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.