Malaysia legislation
Section 40
Section 40
(i)
obtaining or communicating information; or
(ii)
persuading or inducing any workman to work or abstain from working, and subject to such attendance being not in such numbers or otherwise in such manner as to be calculated—
(a)
to intimidate any person;
(b)
to obstruct the approach thereto or egress therefrom; or
(c)
to lead to a breach of the peace.
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(2)
Any officer or employee of the trade union to which the workmen referred to in the proviso to subsection (1) belong, may be present with such workmen solely for the purpose of maintaining good order and discipline and ensuring that such workmen comply with the requirements of the said proviso.
(2A)
No workman shall go on picket—
(a)
during the pendency of the proceedings of a Board of
Inquiry appointed by the Minister under Part VIII involving such workman and employer and within seven days after the conclusion of such proceedings;
(b)
after a trade dispute or matter involving such workman and such employer has been referred to the Court and the parties concerned have been notified of such reference; and
(c)
after the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or State Authority, in the case of a trade dispute relating to any Government service or the service of any statutory authority, has withheld consent to the reference of the dispute to the Court under subsection 26(2), and the parties concerned have been notified thereof.
(3)
Any person who acts in contravention of subsection (1) or (2A) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit.
Breach of contract liable to injure person or property