Power to prohibit lock-outs

Power to prohibit lock-outs.—

1. (1) If the State Government is satisfied that in the public interest it is necessary or expedient so to do, it may, by general or special order, prohibit lock-outs in any establishment pertaining to any essential service specified in the order.
2. (2) An order made under sub-section
3. (1) shall be published in such manner as the State Government considers best calculated to bring it to the notice of the persons affected by the order.
4. (3) An order made under sub-section
5. (1) shall be in force for six months only, but the State Government may, by a like order, extend it for a further period not exceeding six months if it is satisfied that in the public interest it is necessary or expedient so to do.
6. (4) Upon the issue of an order under sub-section (1),—
   • (a) no employer of any establishment to which the order relates shall commence, or continue, any lock-out;
   • (b) any lock-out declared or commenced, whether before or after the issue of the order, by any employer of such establishment shall be illegal.