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wise) as may be so specified for the purpose of securing that the industrial action specified in the order is discontinued or, as the case may be, deferred during the period of effect of the order;

(d) shall specify the date on which the order is to take effect

and the period for which the order is to remain in force; (e) shall be published in the English and Chinese languages in

such manner as the Governor thinks fit.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in the Trade Unions Ordinance, any person who,-

(a) during the period of effect of an order under this section,-

(i) calls, organizes, procures or finances a strike, or threatens to do so;

(ii) organizes, procures or finances any irregular indus- trial action short of a strike, or threatens to do so;

(iii) institutes, carries on, authorizes, organizes or fi- nances a lock-out, or threatens to do so;

(iv) penalizes or otherwise discriminates against an employee by reason of the employee taking part, or failing or refusing to take part, in the trade dispute in conse- quence of which the order is made,

within the area of employment specified in the order or any part of that area; or

(b) contravenes any requirement under subsection (2)(c), shall be guilty of contempt and may be dealt with in like manner as if he had been guilty of contempt of the High Court. (Amended, 92 of 1975, s. 59)

(4) In this section-

“irregular industrial action short of a strike” means any concerted course of conduct (other than a strike) which, in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute,-

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(a) is carried on by a group of employees with the intention of preventing, reducing or otherwise interfering with the production of goods or the provision of services; and (b) in the case of some or all of them, is carried on in breach of & their comtracts of employment or in breach of their terms

and conditions of service;

"lock-out" means the closing of a place of employment, or the sus- pension of work, or the refusal by an employer to continue to employ any number of persons employed by him in consequence of a trade dispute, done with a view to compelling those persons, or to aiding another employer in compelling persons employed by him, to accept terms or conditions of or affecting em- ployment;

"strike" means-

(a) the cessation of work by a body of persons employed acting

in combination; or

[cf. 1971 c. 72,

■. 139(4) & (5).) (Cap. 332.)

[cf. 1971 c. 72 3. 33(4).)

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