Trade Disputes Act · s 4

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(1) An agreement or combination of two or more Con~piracyin d b d
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I relat1on to persons to o or procure to e one any act m con temp a-trade dis-tion or furtherance of a trade dispute shall not be triable as a putes conspiracy if such act committed by one person would not be punishable as a crime.
(2) An act done in pursuance of an agreement or combination by two or more persons shall, if done in con-templation or furtherance of a trade dispute, not be action-able unless the act, if done without any such agreement or combination, would be actionable.
(3) Nothing in this section shall affect the law relat-ing to riot, unlawful assembly, breach of the peace or sedi-tion or any offence against the Government, or His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan.
( 4) A crime for the purposes of this section means an offence for the commission of which the offender is liable to

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Removal of liability for interfering with another person's busi-ness
Intimidation or annoyance

Trade Disputes be imprisoned either absolutely or at the discretion of the court as an alternative for some other punishment.
(5) Where a person is convicted of any such agree-ment or combination as aforesaid to do or procure to be done an act which is punishable by a Court of a Magistrate and is sentenced to imprisonment, the imprisonment shall not exceed 3 months, or such longer time, if any, as may have been prescribed by the law for the punishment of the said act when committed by one person.

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(1)

An agreement or combination of two or more Con~piracyin d b d

I relat1on to persons to o or procure to e one any act m con temp a-trade dis-tion or furtherance of a trade dispute shall not be triable as a putes conspiracy if such act committed by one person would not be punishable as a crime.

(2)

An act done in pursuance of an agreement or combination by two or more persons shall, if done in con-templation or furtherance of a trade dispute, not be action-able unless the act, if done without any such agreement or combination, would be actionable.

(3)

Nothing in this section shall affect the law relat-ing to riot, unlawful assembly, breach of the peace or sedi-tion or any offence against the Government, or His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan.

( 4) A crime for the purposes of this section means an offence for the commission of which the offender is liable to

Removal of liability for interfering with another person's busi-ness

Intimidation or annoyance

Trade Disputes be imprisoned either absolutely or at the discretion of the court as an alternative for some other punishment.

(5)

Where a person is convicted of any such agree-ment or combination as aforesaid to do or procure to be done an act which is punishable by a Court of a Magistrate and is sentenced to imprisonment, the imprisonment shall not exceed 3 months, or such longer time, if any, as may have been prescribed by the law for the punishment of the said act when committed by one person.