Section 18. (1) No person refusing to take part, or to continue to

18. (1) No person refusing to take part, or to continue to Protection oi persone tit . take part, in any strike or lock-out which is illegal under the i19t",Ezt provisions of section 16 shall, by reason of such refusal or by orkck-out. reason of any action taken by him under this section, be subject to expulsion from any trade union or society, or to $ r any fine or penalty, or to deprivation of any right or benefit = ,* toZ'which he or his lggal representatives would otherwise be entitled, or be liable to be @aEed in any respect, either directly , e or indirectly, under any disability or at any disadvantage as `9` compared with other members of the union or society, anything to the contrary in the rules of a trade union or S O C ~ ~ ~ $ A Q ~ - withstanding. w w ~ ( 2 ) Nothing in the rules of a trade union or society requiring the settlement of disputes in any manner shall apply to any pro:eeding for enforcing any right or exemption secured by this vectiox, and in any such proceeding the Civil Court % : may, iq-lieu of ordering a person who has been expelled horn membership of a trade union or society to be restored to, -[" ] membership, order that he be paid out of the funds of t4fr";L': *,. . trade union or society such sum by way of compensation or damages as that Cq-urts thinks just. 1 , I *,. . Rules.