Apart
from these provisions, there are no special legal provisions regarding the
the establishment of organisations by particular categories of workers, public officials and employees of publicly owned undertakings.
Article 3
Parts IV, V and VIII of the Trade
Trade Unions Ordinance regulate conditions relating to the constitution and administration of trade unions
do not restrict the growth of the local trade union movement. because of the provisions in sections 17, 17A, 24 to 31, 33, 33A, 33B, 34, 37 and 52 of the. ordinance, this article has been applied with the following modifications :
"All officers of a trade union are required to be or have been engaged or employed in the trade, industry or occupation with which the trade union is directly concerned but this requirement 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, organisation established outside the territory. .
The public authority may in certain circumstances intervene for the purpose of supervising
supervising the accounts of trade unions and ensuring the application of their rules."
Sections 37 and 38 of
Trade Unions Ordinance empower the Registrar of Trade Unions to inspect all accounts of a trade union at any time at its premises and to call upon the trade union to render an account of the funds. The Registrar exercises these powers with the utmost care and only in line with the policy of ensuring the application of trade union rules and regulations for the protection of the interests of union members. It is only when the Registrar has reason to believe that the annual accounts rendered by a trade union are inaccurate or incomplete, or when there is a complaint alleging malpractice or misapplication of union funds that the Registrar would exercise the powers under these two sections.
Article 4
Cancellation of registration of a trade union
union is governed by sections 10-12
10-12 of the Trade Unions Ordinance and voluntary dissolution by section 32. There аге no other provisions for the suspension or dissolution of a trade union.
Section
states that before cancellation of the registration of a trade union, the public authority shall give no less than two months' notice in writing to the trade union concerned specifying the justification for the cancellation. Under section 12, appeals may be lodged by any voting member with the Supreme Court within 28 days of receipt of the public authority's notice of intended cancellation. Any voting member may also appeal to the Supreme Court within 14 days after the cancellation of registration of the trade union on the following grounds: