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Annox B
Main Provisions of the Hong Kong Trade Unions Ordinance
1. Unions are required to be registered by the Registrar of
Trade Unions.
2.
Registored unions must have rules which adequately provide
for a number of prescribed requirements.
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3. Registorod unions enjoy rights, privilegos and immunities
in respect of tortious acts, conspiracy and acte done in
contemplation of a trade dispute.
4.
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).
5. No person may hold office in more than one trade union without
the consent of tho Registrar.
6. No person may hold office without the consent of the
Governor-in-Council after being convicted or discharged from
prison in connection with scheduled types of offences within the
preceding five years. The offences rolate to fraud and
dishonesty).
7. The purposes for which a union may spond its funds are
Political expenditure is prohibited and the approval
specified.
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