1989 Ed.]
Trade Unions
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(2) Where the registration of a trade union is cancelled on the ground that it had requested cancellation of the registration or had ceased to exist, the cancellation shall not take effect for the purposes of subsection (1) or for the purposes of the Societies Ordinance (Cap. 151) prior to the expiry of the period limited by section 12(2) for the bringing of an appeal and then-
(a) if no appeal is brought under section 12(2) within that period, the cancellation shall take effect for those purposes at the commencement of the day following the day on which that period expired; and
(b) if an appeal is so brought within that period, the cancellation shall not take effect for the purposes of subsection (1) or for the purposes of the Societies Ordinance (Cap. 151) prior to the determination of the appeal, but, if the appeal is dismissed, shall take effect for those purposes on the determination thereof.
15. Power of liquidator and Registrar in winding up of affairs of a trade union
(1) Where a liquidator is appointed under section 14, all of the property of whatsoever description (including books and documents) belonging to the trade union, or held by trustees on its behalf, shall vest in the liquidator by his official name with effect from the date of his appointment, and the liquidator, after giving such indemnity, if any, as the Registrar may direct, may----
(a) bring or defend in his official name any action or other legal proceeding that relates to the property of the trade union or is necessary to bring or defend for the purpose of effectually winding up the trade union and recovering its property;
(b) take possession of any books, documents or property of whatsoever description belonging to the trade union;
(c) sell the real and personal property and choses in action of the trade union by public auction or private contract, with power to transfer the whole thereof to any person or company or to sell the same in parcels;
(d) appoint a solicitor or agent to assist him in his duties;
(e) pay any creditors or classes of creditors of the trade union in full or in part;
(f) compromise any debts or liabilities of the trade union and any liabilities capable of resulting in debts and any claims, present or future, certain or contingent, ascertained or sounding only in damages, that subsist, or are supposed to subsist, between the trade union and any member thereof or any other debtor or person apprehending liability to the trade union and any questions in any way relating to or affecting the assets or winding up of the affairs of the trade union on such terms as may be