44. Prohibition of strikes and lock-outs.
No workman shall go on strike and no employer of any such workman shall declare a lock-out -
• (a) during the pendency of the proceedings of a Board of Inquiry appointed by the Minister under Part VIII involving such workman and employer and seven days after the conclusion of such proceedings;
• (b) after a trade dispute or matter involving such workman and such employer has been referred to the Court and the parties concerned have been notified of such reference;
• (c) after the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or State Authority, in the case of a trade dispute relating to any Government service or the service of any statutory authority, has withheld consent to the reference of the dispute to the Court under section 26 (2), and the parties concerned have been notified thereof;
• (d) in respect of any of the matters covered by a collective agreement taken cognizance of by the Court in accordance with section 16 or by an award; or
• (e) in respect of any of the matters covered under section 13 (3).