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Any person engaged in any employment or class Offences. B > A of employment to which this Act applies who— () disobeys any lawful order given to him in the course of such employment, or (b) without reasonable excuse abandons such em- ployment or absgnts himself from work, or (c) departs from any area specified in an order under sub-section (1) of section 4 without the consent of the authority making the order, : *Substituted for the words “State Govern; o j isati . r ment” by the Punjab Reorganisation (Chandigarh) (Adaptation of Laws on State and Concurrint Subjjecls) Ordegra, 1968. *See East Punjab Government Notification No. 9347-PG-48/50258, dated 7th September, 194! i ) visions of this Actsapg{: 3&“‘ classes of employment were added to which the pro | - . I ] gs . EflSt Pb. Act X SENTIAL SERYy, a7 (MAINTENAN(I:CE')SS 135 4 any employer of a person engage 19 d in 5 N em | and “<s of employment declared under seqtjo aPl0Oyment 0f1°llzym€flt to which this Act applies, 3‘111 3 to'be gap ?:alsjoflable cause— Withoyt i) discontinues the employment E,-,)-) by closing an establishmen inf»svlfi?? Person, or son is engaged, cayses the discontj er- his employment, Nuance of is guilty of an offence under this Act. Derson g that by continuing in his employment po will &péilfigggg to increased physical danger is not g Teasonable exg within the meaning of clause ). e Explanation II. A person abandons within the meaning of clause ) that it is an express or impli?d term of his ¢