SECTION 31

(1) The worker shall devote all his gainful activity to the udertaking, save as otherwise stipulated in the contract : provided that he may, unless otherwise agreed, undertake outside his working hours any gainful activity which is not liable to compete with the undertaking or prejudicial to the due performance of the agreed services. (2) However, it may be stipulated by agreement, between the parties that in the event of a breach of contract, the worker shall not engage, on his own account or on the account of another person, in any activity liable to compete with the employer in either of the following cases ; • (a) If the contract is broken by the worker and the employer has defrayed the travel expenses from the worker's place of residence to the place of work ; • (b) If the contract is broken in consequence of a serious offence committed by the worker. (3) Any such prohibition shall not apply outside a radius of 50 kilometres from the worker's workplace and its duration shall not exceed one year. III - Suspension and Termination of the Contract