Annex B
Main Provisions of tho Hong Kong Trade Unions Ordinance
1. Unions are required to be registored by the Registrar of
Trade Unions.
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2.
Registered unions must have rules which adequately provide
for a number of prescribed requirements.
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Registorod unions enjoy rights, privileges and immunities
in rospect of tortious acts, conspiracy and acts done in
contemplation of a trade dispute.
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Officers must be ordinarily resident in Hong Kong and be
habitually employed in a trade industry or occupation with which
the union is directly concerned (though the Registrar may exempt
from this provision).
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5. No person may hold office in more than one trade union without
the consent of the Registrar.
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6.
No person may hold office without tho consent of the
Governor-in-Council after being convicted or discharged from
prison in connection with schedulod types of offences within tho
proçeding five years. The offences rolate to fraud and
dishonesty).
The purposes for which a union may opend its funds are
opocified. Political expenditure is prohibited and the approval.
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