Effect of registration.
Effect of cancellation of regis- tration.
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(e) the funds of the trade union have not been expended in any way specified in sub-paragraph (v) of paragraph (b) of sub- section (1) of section 10;
() any such funds as are specified in sub-paragraph (vi) of paragraph (5) of subsection (1) of section 10 have not wilfully and after notice in writing from the Registrar requiring the same to be entered in the accounts of the trade union been omitted from such accounts,
may, within twenty-eight days after the service of such notice upon the trade union, appeal to the Full Court, and, it upon any such appeal the Full Court finds that the Registrar is not entitled as aforesaid to cancel the registration of the trade union, it may so declare, but, save as hereinbefore provided, the appeal shall be dismissed.
(2) Any voting member of a trade union the registration of which has been cancelled who considers that the cancellation of its registration was wrong in that, as the case may be-
(a) notice was not given by the Registrar in accordance with
section 11:
(b) the trade union had not requested cancellation of its registra-
tion:
(c) the trade union had not ceased to exist.
may, within fourteen days after the cancellation of its registration, appcal to the Full Court, and if upon any such appeal the Full Court finds that the cancellation of the registration of the trade union was wrong as aforesaid, it may so declare and thereupon the Registrar shall restore the registration of the trade union, but, save as hereinbefore provided, the appeal shall be dismissed.
13. The registration of a trade union shall render it a body corporate by the name under which it is registered, and, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, with perpetual succession and with power to hold property mevable or immovable and to enter into contracts, to institute and defend suits and other legal proceedings and to do all things necessary for the purposes of its constitution.
14. (1) Save where, under subsection (2), the cancellation of the registration of a trade union does not take effect immediately in which cases this subsection shall apply when the cancellation takes effect for the purposes thereof, a trade union whose registration has been cancelled under this Ordinance shall in addition to any other disability-
(a) cease to exist as a corporate body, and the Registrar may, notwithstanding anything contained in the rules of such trade union, forthwith appoint one or more persons to be liquidators thereof;
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(6) cease to enjoy any of the rights, immunities or privileges of a registered trade union, but without prejudice to any liability incurred by the trade union, which may be enforced against the trade union or its assets, whether such liability is incurred before, on or after the date of the cancellation of registration: (c) forthwith be dissolved and no person shall, except for the purpose of defending proccodings against the trade union or of dissolving it and disposing of its funds in accordance with the rules thereof and the provisions of this Ordinance, take any part in its management or organization or act or purport to act on behalf of the trade union or as an officer thereof.
(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 Societics Ordinance prior to the (Cap. 151). expiry of the period limited by subsection (2) of section 12 for the bringing of an appeal and then
(0) if no appeal is brought under the said subsection (2) of section 12 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
(8) 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 prior to the determina- tion of the appeal, but, if the appeal is dismissed, shall take effect for those purposes on the determination thereof.
15. (1) Where a liquidator is appointed under section 14, all of the Power of property of whatsoever description (including books and documents) liquidator and regis- belonging to the trade union, or held by trustees on its behalf, shall vest trae in in the liquidator by his official name with effect from the date of his winding up appointment, and the liquidator, after giving such indemnity, if any, as of Hairs 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 what-
soever 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,
of a trudr uruan.