Clause 3

A registered trade union shall not commence, promote, organise or finance any strike or lock-out or any form of industrial action without the consent of the majority of the members thereof, which consent shall be obtained by taking a secret ballot of the members of such registered trade union.(2) Any registered trade union which, and every member of its executive who, contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars.(3) In any proceedings for an offence under this section, the onus of proving that the requirements specified in subsection (1) have been complied with shall be on the registered trade union or the member of its executive, as the case may be.(4) For the purposes of this section, “industrial action” means any action aimed at retarding, obstructing, limiting or reducing the normal progress of work in any occupation, service, trade, industry or business and includes the performance of work or the adoption of a practice, procedure or method, where the result would be a limitation on output or production, or a tendency to limit or restrict output or production.”.