CAP. 61]
16 of 1949.
Short title.
Interpretation. 17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 22, s. 8.
(Cap. 64.)
Illegal strikes and lock-outs.
17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 20, s. 1.
8.8 (2) (e).
Illegal Strikes and Lock-outs.
CHAPTER 61.
ILLEGAL STRIKES AND LOCK-OUTS.
To prevent strikes and lock-outs having an object other than or in addition to the furtherance of a trade dispute within the trade or industry in which the disputants are engaged and being calculated to coerce the Government, and to prevent breaches of contract of service the consequence of which may be injurious to the public.
[29th April, 1949.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Illegal Strikes and Lock-outs Ordinance.
2. In this Ordinance— “lock-out" means the closing of a place of employment or the suspension of work, or the refusal by an employer to continue to employ any number of persons employed by him in consequence of a dispute, done with a view to compelling those persons, or to aid another employer in compelling persons employed by him to accept terms or conditions of or affecting employment;
"strike" means the cessation of work by a body of persons employed acting in combination, or a concerted refusal, or a refusal under a common understanding, of any number of persons who are or have been employed, to continue to work or to accept employment; and "trade union" and "trade dispute" shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Trade Unions and Trade Disputes Ordinance.
3. (1) A strike shall be illegal if it has any object other than or in addition to the furtherance of a trade dispute within the trade or industry in which the strikers are engaged and is a strike designed or calculated to coerce the Government either directly or by inflicting hardship upon the community or any substantial portion of the community; and it shall be an offence to commence or to continue, or to apply any sums in furtherance or support of, any such illegal strike.
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CAP. 61]
16 of 1949.
Short title.
Interpretation. 17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 22, s. 8.
(Cap. 64.)
Illegal strikes and lock-outs.
17 & 18 Geo. b,
c. 20, s. 1.
8.8 (2) (e).
Illegal Strikes and Lock-outs.
CHAPTER 61.
ILLEGAL STRIKES AND LOCK-OUTS.
To prevent strikes and lock-outs having an object other than or in addition to the furtherance of a trade dispute within the trade or industry in which the disputants are engaged and being calculated to coerce the Govern- ment, and to prevent breaches of contract of service the consequence of which may be injurious to the public.
[29th April, 1949.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Illegai Strikes and Lock-outs Ordinance.
2. In this Ordinance- “lock-out" means the closing of a place of employment or the suspension of work, or the refusal by an employer to continue to employ any number of persons employed by him in consequence of a dispute, done with a view to compelling those persons, or to aid another employer in compelling persons employed by him to accept terms or conditions of or affecting employment;
"strike" means the cessation of work by a body of persons employed acting in combination, or a concerted refusal, or a refusal under a common understanding, of any number of persons who are or have been employed, to continue to work or to accept employment; and "trade union" and "trade dispute" shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Trade Unions and Trade Disputes Ordinance.
3. (1) A strike shall be illegal if it has any object other than or in addition to the furtherance of a trade dispute within the trade or industry in which the strikers are engaged and is a strike designed or calculated to coerce the Government either directly or by inflicting hardship upon the community or any substantial portion of the community; and it shall be an offence to commence or to continue, or to apply any sums in furtherance or support of, any such illegal strike.
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