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hold office in more than one trade union but these requirements may be modified at the discretion of the
public authority.
The funds of a trade union may be expended only for objects specified in national laws or approved by the public authority.
· Amalgamation of registered trade unions is subject to the consent of the public authority where either of the trade unions is a member of an organization established outside the territory.
The public authority may in certain circumstances inter- vene for the purpose of supervising the accounts of trade unions and ensuring the application of their rules.
Cancellation of registration is provided for in sections 10 to 12 of the Trade Union Registration Ordinance; refusal of registration is provided in sections 7 and 8 and voluntary dis- solution under section 32. There are no other ways in which a trade union can be suspended or dissolved. To date 10 unions have had their registration cancelled because of violation of the provisions of the existing ordinance and those of the super- seded Trade Unions and Trade Disputes Ordinance. In addition, the registration of one union was cancelled because it was used for an unlawful purpose.
Appeals may be lodged in the Full Court within 28 days of receipt of the Registrar's two months' notice of intended cancellation, except that where a trade union has ceased to exist or has requested cancellation (in which case no notice of cancel- lation is required), any voting member may lodge an appeal within 14 days after cancellation of registration.
Cancellation of registration, and invokement of statutory provisions relating to dissolution and liquidation, are deferred until the appellate proceedings have been determined.
In cases where a trade union's registration has been cancelled on the grounds that it has ceased to exist or it has requested cancellation of registration, cancellation and statutory provisions re. dissolution are not effective until the expiry of the 14-day appeal period, or, the conclusion of any appeal lodged in that period.
Article 5 (applied with modification)
Federation or organizations of workers or employers may be registered under Part IX of the Trade Union Registration Ordinance provided:
(i) each of the component trade unions comprising such trade
union federation is a registered trade union; and
(ii) the members of each and all of such component trade
unions are employed in the same trade or industry.
Federations or confederations of organizations of workers or employers not entitled by virtue of the foregoing provisos, to registration under the Trade Union Registration Ordinance continue to be registered under the Societies Ordinance (Cap. 151). Two such organizations have been registered, the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions and the Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council.
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