Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act 1955 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Illegal Strikes and Lock-Outs in Essential Services
10. Penalty for instigation
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instigates or incites others to take part in, or otherwise acts in furtherance of, a strike or lock-out which is illegal under this Part; or
strike
“strike” means the cessation of work by a body of persons employed in any essential service acting in combination, or a concerted refusal or a refusal under a common understanding of a number of persons who are or who have been so employed to continue to work or to accept employment;
instigates or incites others to withhold their labour or services knowing or having reason to believe that the probable consequences of that action will be to endanger human life or the efficient operation of any public health service or cause serious bodily injury or expose valuable property whether real or personal to destruction or serious damage,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
public health service
“public health service” means —(a)any hospital, clinic, sanatorium or other institution for the care of the sick; and(b)any system of public conservancy or sanitation;