Section 2: Penalties for acts calculated to disrupt the economy.

(1) Any employer or any official of an association of employers or any official of a trade union or any person, not being an official of a trade union, who in any way performs or assumes a leadership role in any such trade union or faction thereof and-
(a) who is or has been engaged in acts calculated to disrupt the economy or acts calculated to obstruct or disrupt the smooth running of any essential service; or
(b) has, where applicable, wilfully failed to comply with the procedure specified in the Trade Disputes Act in relation to the reporting and settlement of trade disputes, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
(2) Any person found guilty of an offence under subsection (1) of this section shall on conviction-
(a) where such person is an employer or official thereof or an official of any association of employers, be liable to a fine of N10,000;
(b) where such person is an official of a trade union or, not being an official of a trade union, is a person who in any way performs or assumes a leadership role in any such trade union or faction thereof, be liable to a fine of N200 or to imprisonment for a term of six months or to both such fine and imprisonment,
and in addition to the foregoing penalties, any such person shall not, at any time after conviction for an offence under this section, continue to be or become a member, or as the case may be, continue to be or become an official of any trade union (including any faction thereof) any of the members of which such association or trade union are employed in essential services.
(3) For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be taken as performing or assuming a leadership role in a trade union or faction thereof if it is proved that, at the material time or during the material period, he had performed functions or assumed duties which are normally within the competence of an official of a trade union or purported so to do.
(4) In this section, unless the context otherwise requires, references-
(a) to employer, include references to any director, manager, secretary or other similar official thereof or any person purporting to act in any such capacity; and
(b) to a trade union or faction thereof, include references to any group of workers associated for a common purpose.