Section 3: Obligation to deposit collective agreements with the Minister.

(1) Where there exists any collective agreement for the settlement of a trade dispute, at least three copies of the said agreement shall be deposited by the parties thereto with the Minister-
(a) in the case of a collective agreement entered into on or after the date of commencement of this Act, within thirty days of that; and
(b) in the case of a collective agreement entered into on or after the date of commencement of this Act, within fourteen days of the execution thereof,
and any person who fails to deposit copies of the said agreement within the period prescribed in the foregoing provisions of this subsection, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall, on conviction be liable to a fine of N100.
(2) Where, before the commencement of this Act, a collective agreement has been deposited with the Minister pursuant to the provisions of any enactment repealed by this Act, that agreement shall be deemed to have been deposited in accordance with subsection (1) of this section.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Minister may, upon receipt of copies of a collective agreement deposited in accordance with subsection (1) of this section, make an order the terms of which may in respect of that agreement specify that the provisions of the agreement or any part thereof as may be stated in the order shall be binding on the employers and workers to whom they relate.
(4) If any person fails to comply with the terms of the said order he shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction to a fine of N100 or to imprisonment for a term of six months.