Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
( 1 ) Where the employees in any undertaking have proposed to go on strike or have commenced a strike, the State Government or the employer of the undertaking may make a reference to the Labour Court for a declaration that such strike is illegal. ( 2 ) Where the employer of any undertaking has proposed a lock-out or has commenced a lock-out, the State Government or the recognised union or, where there is no recognised union, any other union of the employees in the undertaking may make a reference to the Labour Court for a declaration whether such lock-out will be illegal. Explanation .- For the purposes of this section, recognised union includes a representative union under the Bombay Act. ( 3 ) No declaration shall be made under this section, save in the open Court. ( 4 ) The declaration made under this section, shall be recognised as binding, and shall be followed in all proceedings under this Act. ( 5 ) Where any strike or lock-out declared to be illegal under this section is withdrawn within forty-eight hours of such declaration, such strike or lock-out shall not, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be illegal under this Act.