Industrial Courts Act 1919

8Definition of "trade dispute"

For the purposes of this Act:—

  • The expression " trade dispute " means any dispute or difference between employers and workmen, or between workmen and workmen -connected with the employment or non-employment, or the terms of the employment or with the conditions of labour of any person:

  • The expression " workman " means any person who has entered into or works under a contract with an employer whether the contract be by way of manual labour, clerical work, or otherwise, be expressed or implied, oral or in writing, and whether it be a contract of service or of apprenticeship or a contract personally to execute any work or labour. ,