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Section 46

Penalty for illegal strikes and lock-outs

of Industrial Relations Act 1967

ActIn forceProvision 58 of 79
Section 46
(1)

Any workman who commences, continues or otherwise acts in furtherance of a strike which is illegal under this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit and a further fine of fifty ringgit for every day during which such offence may continue.

(2)

Any employer who commences, continues or otherwise acts in furtherance of a lock-out which is illegal under this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit and a further fine of fifty ringgit for every day during which such offence may continue.