That Social Boycott, Promoting or Instigating a Social Boycott or Threatening a Social Boycott as defined below shall be declared to be an offence:
(i) Boycott Defined — A person shall be deemed to boycott another who —
(a) Refuses to let or use or occupy any house or land, or to deal with, work for hire, or do business with another person, or to render to him or receive from him any service, or refuses to do any of the said things on the terms on which such things should commonly be done in the ordinary course of business, or
(b) Abstains from such social, professional or business relations as he would, having regard to such existing customs in the community which are not inconsistent with any fundamental right or other rights Of citizenship declared m the Constitution, ordinarily maintain with such person, or
(c) In any way injures, annoys or interferes with such other person in the exercise of his lawful rights.
(ii) Offence of Boycotting — Whoever, in consequence of any person having done any act which he was legally entitled to do, or of his having omitted to do any act which he was legally entitled to omit to do, or with intent to cause any person to do any act which he is not legally bound to do or to omit to do any act which he is legally entitled to do, or with intent to cause harm to such person in body, mind, reputation or property, or in his business or means of living, boycotts such person or any person in whom such person, is interested, shall be guilty of offence of boycotting. Provided that no offence shall be deemed to have been committed under this Section if the Court is satisfied that the accused person has not acted at the instigation of or in collusion with any other person or in pursuance of any conspiracy or of any agreement or combination to boycott.
(iii) Offence of Instigating or Promoting a Boycott —Whoever –
(a) Publicly makes or publishes or circulates a proposal for. Or
(b) Makes, publishes or circulates any statement, rumour or report with intent to, or which he has reason to believe to be likely to cause, or
(c) In any other way instigates or promotes the boycotting of any person or class of persons, shall be guilty of the offence of instigating or promoting a boycott. Explanation — An offence under this clause shall be deemed to have been committed although the person affected or likely to be affected by any action of the nature referred to herein is not designated by name or class but only by his acting or abstaining from acting in some specified manner.
(iv) Offence of Threatening a Boycott — Whoever, in consequence of any person having done any act which he was legally entitled to do, or of his having omitted to do any act which he was legally entitled to omit to do, or with intent to cause any person to do any act which he is not legally bound to do, or to omit to do any act which he is legally entitled to do, threatens to cause such person or any person in whom such person is interested, to be boycotted shall be guilty of the offence threatening a boycott. Exception — It is not boycott —
(i) To do any act in furtherance of a bona fide labour dispute;
(ii) To do any act in the ordinary course of business competition.
(2) All these offences shall be deemed to be cognizable offences. The Union Legislature shall make laws prescribing punishment for these offences.