Section No : 1980 Revised version ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICESMarginal Notes1. This Act may he cited as the Essential Public Services Act.2. President may declare services provided by certain Government departments, public corporations, local authorities or co-operative societies to be essential public services. 3. Operation, &c, of Order made under section 2 (1). 4. Offences. 5. Application of section 15 (2) of Code of Criminal Procedure Act. 6. Actor omission committed or omitted to be done in furtherance of a strike not a defence in any prosecution under this Act. 7. This Act to prevail over other written law. 8. Interpretation.