24. Every application which a certification agent or a labour commissioner is competent to hear under this code shall be made to the certification agent or to the labour commissioner who has been seized of the matter by the labour commissioner general. If no certification agent or labour commissioner has been seized of the matter or if the certification agent or the labour commissioner seized thereof is absent or unable to act or has died, the application shall be made to the labour commissioner general who shall then appoint a certification agent or a labour commissioner to hear such application.
1969, c. 48, s. 11; 1977, c. 41, s. 1; 1999, c. 40, s. 59.