Section 23

Chapter V: STRIKES AND LOCK-OUTS ``` | Section 23: General prohibition of strikes and lock-outs 23. General prohibition of strikes and lock-outs.- No workman who ``` ``` is employed in any industrial establishment shall go on strike in breach of contract and no employer of any such workman shall declare a lock-out-- ``` ``` (a) during the pendency of conciliation proceedings before a Board and seven days after the conclusion of such proceedings; ``` ``` (b) during the pendency of proceedings before 1*[a Labour Court, Tribunal or National Tribunal] and two months after the conclusion of such proceedings; 2* 3*[(bb) during the pendency of arbitration proceedings before an arbitrator and two months after the conclusion of such proceedings, where a notification has been issued under sub-section (3A) of section 10A; or] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Subs. by Act 36 of 1956, s. 17, for "a Tribunal" (w.e.f. 10-3- 1957).