Power to issue orders regarding terms and conditions of service, etc

After section 10A of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:- 10B.

1. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, if in the opinion of the State Government, it is necessary or expedient so to do, for securing the public safety or convenience or the maintenance of public order or supplies and services essential to the life of the community or for maintaining employment or maintaining industrial peace, it may by a general or special order, make provision,-
   • (a) for requiring employers, workmen or both to observe for such period as may be specified in the order, such terms and conditions of employment as may be determined in accordance with the order; and
   • (b) for prohibiting, subject to the provisions of the order, strikes or lockouts generally or a strike or lockout in connection with any industrial dispute.
2. (2) In case any industrial dispute is raised in respect of any provision in the order of the State Government made under sub-section
3. (1) within a period of three months of the order, it shall be referred by the State Government for adjudication to an Industrial Tribunal or Labour Court and the order shall lapse when the award of the Tribunal or Labour Court becomes enforceable: