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No employer shall dispense with the services of an employee who has been in his continuous employment- (a) for not less than a year, without giving such persons at least thirty days' notice in writing, or wages in lieu of such notice. j (b) for less than a year but more than three months, without giving such persons at least fourteen days' notice in writing or wages in lieu of such notice: Provided that such notice shall not be necessary where the services of such em- ployees are dispensed with for misconduct. Explanation.-For the purposes of this section' 'misconduct" shall include- (a) absence from service without notice in writing or without sufficient reasons for seven days or more; (b) going on or abetting a strike in contravention of any law for the time being in force j (c) causing damage to the property of his employer. CHAPTER IX ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTION