Penalty for illegal lock-out or illegal closure

Any employer, who has commenced a lock-out or a closure which a Labour Court has declared to be illegal, shall on conviction, be punishable with fine which may extend to Rs. 2,500 and in the case of the lock-out or the closure thousand and fine hundred rupees and in the case of the lock-out or the.: closure as the case may be, being continued after lapse of forty-eight hours after, it has been held or declared to be illegal with an additional fine which may extend to Rs. 5,000 for every day during which such lock-out or closure continues after such conviction.