Section 169 - Legal effect of lawful strike or lockout

(1) During any lawful strike or lockout, the employment relationship between the employer and the workers shall not be affected by the strike or lockout and any termination of the contract of employment as a result of the lawful strike or lockout is void.

(2) No civil proceedings shall be brought against any worker, employer, trade union or employers' organisation or an officer or a member of such trade union or employers' organisation in respect of any lawful strike or lockout action taken in conformity with the provisions of this Act.

(3) Nothing in this Part, shall render lawful an act of physical coercion or violence against any person or damage to the property of any person where the act or damage is an offence under the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29).