(1) No suit or other legal proceeding shall be
maintainable in any Civil Court against any registered Trade Union or any 1[office-bearer] or
member thereof in respect of any act done in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute to
which a member of the Trade Union is a party on the ground only that such act induces some other
person to break a contract of employment, or that it is in interference with the trade, business or
employment of some other person or with the right of some other person to dispose of his capital
or of his labour as he wills.
(2) A registered Trade Union shall not be liable in any suit or other legal proceeding in any Civil Court in respect of any tortious act done in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute by an agent of the Trade Union if it is proved that such person acted without the knowledge of, or contrary to express instructions given by, the executive of the Trade Union.
(2) A registered Trade Union shall not be liable in any suit or other legal proceeding in any Civil Court in respect of any tortious act done in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute by an agent of the Trade Union if it is proved that such person acted without the knowledge of, or contrary to express instructions given by, the executive of the Trade Union.
1. Subs. by Act 38 of 1964, s. 2, for "officer" (w.e.f. 1-4-1965).