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(a) prevents or deters, or does any

act calculated to prevent or

deter, an employee from exercising

any of the rights conferred on

him by subsection (1); or

(b) terminates the contract of

employment of, penalizes, or

otherwise discriminates against,

an employee by reason of his

exercising any such right,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be

liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000.

(3) In this section

"appropriate time" means, in relation to

an employee taking part in any

activities of a trade union, time

which either

(a) is outside his working hours; or

(b). is a time within his working

hours at which, in accordance

with arrangements agreed with or

consent given by or on behalf

of his employer, it is permissible

for him to take part in those

activities;

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