TRADE DISPUTES (ESSENTIAL SERVICES) ACT

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LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA

TRADE DISPUTES (ESSENTIAL SERVICES) ACT

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1. Power to proscribe trade unions or associations in certain cases, etc.

2. Penalties for acts calculated to disrupt the economy.

3. Restriction on formation of new trade unions or associations.

4. Restriction on officials of proscribed organisations, etc.

5. Special power to refer disputes to Industrial Arbitration Panel for settlement.

6. Registration of property and indemnity.

7. Interpretation.

8. Short title, suspension of certain provisions of Cap. T8. 

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TRADE DISPUTES (ESSENTIAL SERVICES) ACT

An Act to empower the President to proscribe any trade union or association the members of which are employed in any essential service if such union or association has been engaged in industrial unrest or acts calculated to disrupt the smooth running of any essential service.

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[Commencement.] [21st May, 1976] 

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