No 1[office-bearer] or member of a registered
Trade Union shall be liable to punishment under sub-section (2) of section 120B of the Indian Penal
Code (45 of 1860), in respect of any agreement made between the members for the purpose of
furthering any such object of the Trade Union as is specified in section 15, unless the agreement is
an agreement to commit an offence.
1. Subs. by Act 38 of 1964, s. 2, for "officer" (w.e.f. 1-4-1965).