TRADE UNIONS REGISTRATION REGULATIONS

TRADE UNIONS REGISTRATION REGULATIONS

TRADE UNION REGISTRATION REGULATIONS.

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS.

Regulation. Page.

1. Citation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 2

2. Contents of the register ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 2

3. Inspection of register ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 2

4. Inspection of accounts, etc. of registered trade unions ... ... ... ... A2

5. Provisions as to submission for registration of rules on application for registration of
trade union ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 2

6. Documents to be issued on registration of a trade union ... ... ... ... A 3

7. Use of name ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 3

8. Application for registration of change of name to be accompanied by certificate of
registration ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 3

9. Procedure on registration of change of name ... ... ... ... ... ... A 3

10. Provisions as to submission for registration of wholly new rules or altered, amended
or added rules ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 3

11. Procedure on registration of amalgamation of trade unions, etc . ... ... A 4

12. Loss, etc. of certificate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 4

13. Certificate of registration to be returned on cancellation of registration ... A 4

14. Accounts of trade union to include accounts of any branch, etc. thereof .. A 4

15. Access to books for purposes of audit ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 4

16. Audit of annual statement of account ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 5

17. Offences and penalty ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 5





TRADE UNION REGISTRATION REGULATIONS.

(Cap. 332, section 59).

[I st April, 1962.]

1. These regulations may be cited as the Trade Union Registration
Regulations.

2. (1) The following particulars regarding any trade union or trade
union federation shall be recorded by or at the direction of the Registrar
in the register

(a)the name and the date of registration of the trade union or trade
union federation and its rules;

(b) the address of the head office;

(c)the amalgamation of the trade union or trade union federation,
as the case may be, with any other trade union or trade union
federation;

(d) the dissolution of the trade union or trade union federation;

(e)the cancellation of the registration of the trade union or trade
union federation; and

(f) any change in-

(i) the name;

(ii) the rules; or

(iii) the address of the registered office, of the trade union or
trade union federation.

(2) Every entry in the register and any amendment thereto shall be
signed or initialled by the Registrar or the Deputy Registrar of Trade
Unions.

3. The register may, on application in writing to the Registrar, be
inspected, free of charge, at the Registry of Trade Unions during office
hours, by any member of the public.

4. Any member of a registered trade union may, on application in
writing to the Registrar, inspect free of charge, at the Registry of Trade
Unions during office hours, any documents, being document required by
law to be filed with the Registrar, relating to such registered trade union
or to any registered trade union federation to which such registered trade
union is a party.

5. Where rules are sent to the Registrar for registration by a trade
union or trade union federation that has applied for registration under
the Ordinance

(a) two copies of the rules shall be sent; and

(b)in the case of a trade union, both copies of the same shall be
signed by each of the persons who has signed the





application for registration of the trade union or, if, by reason
of death or illness or any other good cause, any such person
is unable or ineligible to sign such copies, by some other
voting member of such trade union; or

(c)in the case of a trade union federation, both copies of the
same shall be signed by the chairman and one other officer of
each of the registered trade unions comprised therein.

6. Upon the registration of a trade union or a trade union
federation, the Registrar shall issue to the trade union or the trade union
federation, as the case may be, the following documents

(a) a copy of the Ordinance and of these regulations;

(b) a certificate of registration; and

(c)a copy of the rules of the trade union or trade union federation
certified by the Registrar as complying, in his opinion, with the
provisions of section 19 of the Ordinance.

7. No registered trade union or registered trade union federation
shall display or otherwise in any manner make use of any name
purporting to be the name of the trade union or of the federation except
the name under which such trade union or such trade union federation
is for the time being registered.

8. Where, in accordance with section 23 of the Ordinance,
application is made to the Registrar for the registration of a change of
the name of any registered trade union or registered trade union
federation, the certificate of registration issued in respect of such trade
union or trade union federation shall be sent to the Registrar at the same
time as such application is made.

9. Where, under section 23 of the Ordinance, the Registrar registers
a change of the name of any registered trade union or registered trade
union federation, he shall

(a)amend, accordingly, the certificate of registration issued by
him in respect of the trade union or trade union federation, and
return such certificate to the trade union or trade union
federation; or

(b) if he thinks fit, issue a new certificate of registration.

10. (1) Where wholly new rules are sent to the Registrar for
registration by a registered trade union

(a) two copies of the rules shall be sent;

(b)an application for the registration thereof shall be made in the
prescribed form and shall be signed by the chairman and one
other officer of such trade union; and

(c)both copies of such rules shall be signed by not less than
seven voting members of the trade union.





(2) Where an alteration to or amendment of a registered rule, or an
addition to the registered rules, of a registered trade union is sent to the
Registrar for registration by a registered trade union

(a)an application for the registration of the amended or altered
rule or the rule so added shall be made in the prescribed form
and shall be signed by the chairman and one other officer of
the trade union; and

(b)there shall be sent to the Registrar at the same time as such
application for registration

(i) one copy of the registered rules marked so as to indicate
the alteration, amendment or addition, as the case may be;
and

(ii) one copy of the text of the amendment, alteration or
addition, as the case may be, which shall be signed by not less
than seven voting members of the trade union.

11. Where, under section 6 of the Ordinance, the Registrar registers
a trade union or trade union federation formed by the amalgamation of
two or more trade unions or trade union federations, as the case may be,
he shall issue

(a)one certificate of registration in the name under which such
trade unions or trade union federations are amalgamated; and

(b)a copy of the rules of the trade union or trade union federation
certified by him as complying, in his opinion, with the
provisions of section 18 of the Ordinance.

12. If the Registrar is satisfied that a certificate of registration has
been lost, destroyed or defaced, he may issue, free of charge, a
duplicate thereof.

13. Where the registration of a registered trade union or a registered
trade union federation is cancelled, the person for the time being having
custody of the certificate of registration of the trade union or trade union
federation shall, within fourteen days of the publication in the Gazette,
in accordance with section 66 of the Ordinance, of a notice of the fact
that the registration has been cancelled, return such certificate to the
Registrar.

14. Every registered trade union shall include in its statement of
account the accounts of any branch of the trade union and of every
business or charitable, cultural, educational or medical undertaking that
is operated by or in the name of the trade union.

15. (1) Every auditor approved by the Registrar for the purpose of
auditing the annual statement of account, required by section 36 of the
Ordinance, of a trade union or trade union federation shall be granted
access by every person having the





custody or control of any of the books and accounts of the trade
union or trade union federation to all of such books and accounts
in his custody or control.

(2) No person shall conceal any book or account of a registered
trade union or registered trade union federation from any such
auditor or deny any such auditor access to any such book or account
or obstruct any such auditor in any examination thereof.

16. Every auditor approved by the Registrar for the purpose
of auditing the annual statement of account, required by section 36
of the Ordinance, of a registered trade union or registered trade
union federation shall examine every balance sheet and every state-
ment of receipts and expenditure of the trade union or trade union
federation relevant to the period under audit and shall verify them
against all accounts or vouchers relating thereto, and shall-

(a)if such be the case, sign the annual statement of account
as exhibiting a true and correct view of the affairs of the
trade union or trade union federation; or

(b)report in writing to the Registrar in what respect he finds
such statement of account to be incorrect, unsupported by
vouchers or not in accordance with any requirement of
the Ordinance or any regulations made thereunder or any
rules of the trade union or trade union federation, as the
case may be.

17. (1) Any person who contravenes regulation 13 shall be
guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of two hundred and
fifty dollars, and shall be liable in addition to a fine of ten dollars
for each day during which it is proved to the satisfaction of the
court that the offence has continued.

(2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (2) of regulation
15 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of five
hundred dollars.

(3) Any trade union or trade union federation that contravenes
regulation 7 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
summary conviction to a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars.

(4) Any trade union that contravenes regulation 14 shall be
guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a
fine of two hundred and fifty dollars.
G.N.A. 152/61. L.N. 44/71. Citation. Contents of the register. Inspection of register. Inspection of accounts, etc. of registered trade unions. Provisions as to submission for registration of rules on application for registration of trade union. L.N. 44/71. Documents to be issued on registration of a trade union. Use of name. Application for registration of change of name to be accompanied by certificate of registration. Procedure on registration of change of name. Provisions as to submission for registration of wholly new rules or altered, amended or added rules. L.N. 44/71. Procedure on registration of amalgamation of trade unions, etc. Loss, etc. of certificate. Certificate of registration to be returned on cancellation of registration. Accounts of trade union to include accounts of any branch, etc., thereof. L.N. 44/71. Access to books for purposes of audit. Audit of annual statement of account. Offences and penalty. L.N. 44/71.

G.N.A. 152/61. L.N. 44/71. Citation. Contents of the register. Inspection of register. Inspection of accounts, etc. of registered trade unions. Provisions as to submission for registration of rules on application for registration of trade union. L.N. 44/71. Documents to be issued on registration of a trade union. Use of name. Application for registration of change of name to be accompanied by certificate of registration. Procedure on registration of change of name. Provisions as to submission for registration of wholly new rules or altered, amended or added rules. L.N. 44/71. Procedure on registration of amalgamation of trade unions, etc. Loss, etc. of certificate. Certificate of registration to be returned on cancellation of registration. Accounts of trade union to include accounts of any branch, etc., thereof. L.N. 44/71. Access to books for purposes of audit. Audit of annual statement of account. Offences and penalty. L.N. 44/71.

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