Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
( 1 ) If the State Government is satisfied that in the public interest, it is necessary or expedient so to do, it may, by general or special order, prohibit lock-out in any establishment pertaining to any essential service specified in the order. ( 2 ) An order made under sub-section ( 1 ) shall be published in such manner as the State Government considers best calculated to bring it to the notice of the persons affected by the order. ( 3 ) An order made under sub-section ( 1 ) shall be in force for six months only, but the State Government may, by a like order, extend it for a further period not exceeding six months, if it is satisfied that in the public interest, it is necessary or expedient so to do. ( 4 ) Upon the issue of an order under sub-section ( 1 ) or sub-section ( 3 ),- ( a ) no employer in relation to an establishment to which the order applies shall declare or commence any lock-out; (b) any lock-out declared or commenced whether before or after the issue of the order, by any employer in relation to an establishment to which the order applies, shall be illegal. ( 5 ) Any employer in relation to an establishment who commences, continues or otherwise acts in furtherance of a lock-out which is illegal under this section,shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to three thousand rupees, or with both.