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 Com-iitteec, shall ado,-,t rules of -orocedure and by-laws. Said by-laws
 and rules shall, ..rovide for )eriodic meetings of the Comrittees at a
 r,lace conveniently located, so as to give persons having business with
 such com ,ittees, rep.sonable opportunity for hearing, The Executive
 Secretary of such cor. ..ittees shall report at all meetings thereof a sum-
 mary of the cases handled by the staff in intervals between meetings,
 together with a st.r.teuent indicating the disosition of cases which have
 been closed.

 c) Divisional and Sub-Divisional Trade Fractice Complaints Corn-'
mittees shall submit to the National Trade Practice Complaints Commit-
tee weekly reports of all cases, and the disposition thereof, arising
before the divisional and sub-divisional Trade Practice Complaints
Cpumittees.

Section 4: Functions of Divisional and Sub-Divisional Trade
Practice Complain tts Coriij ittees

 a) All Divisional and Sab-Divisional Trade Practice Complaints
Committees hereunder organized shr.ll have jurisdiction over all com-
plaints alleging violation of all .provisions of the Code, subject to
the approval of the r!Tational Trade practice Complaints Committee, ex-
cept Articles III, IV, and V of the Code, which refer respectively to:

 1. hours of labor
 2. minimum wages
 3. labor -orovisions

provided that a comnolaint by a competitor alleging that an employer
is violating a labor -,rovision of the Code, may be handled by the La-
bor Complaints Coniriittee if such has been organized.

 b) In the conduct of their w7ork, such divisional and sub-divi-
sional Trade Practice Complaints Coc.-,iittees may:

 1. Propose to the appropriate agencies, modifications of and
amendments to the Code,- which will facilitate compliance activities;

 2. I.ake recouL'-eidations to the appropriate agencies for exceptions
and exemptions; I

 3. Lake such explanations and ex-positions of provisions of the
Code as may be required by the cases before them for disposal or where:
such explanations and expositions are pertinent to their work. Re-
quests for interpretations shall be referred to NLA.

 c) Divisional and Sub-Divisional Trade Practice Complaints
Committees shall have the responsibility and duty of instruction
and education of persons subject to their jurisdiction, as to their
rights and obligations under the Code; the investigation and adjust-
ment of complaints of non-compliance in the first instance and the
rendition of reports to the appropriate agency in cases where it has
been impossible to secure compliance.