sentences:  These provisions were declaratory insofar as such strikes had already been ruled unlawful by Astbury, J in the "National Sailors' and Firemen's Union v Reed".The Act reaffirmed his judgment and gave it the force of statute law.In addition, incitement to participate in an unlawful strike was made a criminal offence, punishable by imprisonment for up to two years; and the attorney general was empowered to sequester the assets and funds of unions involved in such strikes.