Section 43: Special provision with respect to payment of wages during strikes and lock-outs.

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or in any other law
(a) where any worker takes part in a strike he shall not be entitled to any wages or other remuneration for the period of the strike and any such period shall not count for the purpose of reckoning the period of continuous employment and all rights dependent on continuity of employment shall be prejudicially affected accordingly; and
(b) where any employer locks out his workers the workers shall be entitled to wages and any other applicable remuneration for the period of lockout and the period of the lockout shall not prejudicially affect any rights of the workers being rights dependent on the continuity of period of employment.
(2) If any question should arise as to whether there has been a lockout for the purposes of this section, the question shall on application to the Minister by the workers or their representatives be determined by the Minister whose decision shall be final.