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Definitions.— (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) “essential service” means— (i) any service under the Government which the Government may, by notification in the Gazette, declare to be an essential service for the purposes of this Act; (ii) any other service connected with matters with respect to which the State Legislature has power to make laws and which the Government, being of opinion that strikes therein would prejudicially affect the maintenance of any public utility service, the public safety or the maintenance of supplies and services necessary for the life of the community or would result in the infliction of grave hardship on the community, may, by notification in the Gazette, declare to be an essential * Received the assent of the Governor on the 3rd day of March,1994 and published in the Kerala Gazette No. 10 dated 8th March 1994. 2 service for the purposes of this Act; (b)“strike” means the cessation of work by a body of persons— (A) employed in any essential service acting in combination or a concerted refusal or a refusal under a common understanding of any number of persons who are or have been so employed to continue to work or to accept work assigned and includes — (i) mass casual leave in pursuance of a common understanding among the persons who avail themselves of such leave or under the direction of any other person or persons; (ii) refusal to work overtime where such work is necessary for the maintenance of any essential service; (iii) any other conduct which is likely to result in, or results in, cessation or substantial retardation of work in any essential service; (B) engaged in any essential service in connection with the storage, possession, transport, distribution or disposal of any article the maintenance of supplies of which is necessary for the life of the community, or any other conduct of persons as so engaged which is likely to result in cessation or substantial retardation of work in any essential service. Explanation.— For the purposes of this Act, person engaged in any essential service shall also include the registered owner or any other person having possession or control of any vehicle or vessel used in connection with that essential service. (2) Every notification issued under clause (a) of sub-section (1) shall be laid before the Legislative Assembly immediately after it is made if it is in session and on the first day of the commencement of the next session of the Legislative Assembly if it is not in session, and shall cease to operate at the expiration of forty days from the date of its being so laid, unless, before the expiration of that period, a resolution approving the issue of the notification is passed by the Legislative Assembly.