[2] Although this proposal was not enacted due to the level of opposition it received, a number of the key points were included in the Native Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act.

[4] In place of trade unions, the government allowed the creation of workers' committees, to be set up by the employees, and officially registered.

Each place of work was permitted only one committee, which was to have no more than five members, in effect preventing true representation.

These regional committees reported to the Black Labour Board, which consisted solely of whites.

[6] An amendment was made to the Act in 1959, which imposed the same penalties for striking as had been present in War Measure 145: a maximum fine of £500 or three years' imprisonment.