Industrial Relations Act, 1946

Effect of awards under section 71.

72.—Whenever the Court makes an award under section 71 of this Act in relation to any workers and their employers, the following provisions shall have effect—

(a) the award shall be in force for the period of three months commencing on the date of the award;

(b) an employer who, otherwise than with the consent of the Court, employs or agrees to employ, during the said period, a worker under conditions inconsistent with those of the award shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds.