Copies of rules.
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practicable, an equal opportunity of voting and that the secrecy of the ballot is ensured; and
(iv) where the rule has been amended or altered or the rule has been added for the purpose of compliance by such trade union with the provisions of subsection (1), the rule, either by itself or in conjunction with other registered rules, makes adequate provision for the matter specified in the First Schedule to which it relates; or
(c) in the case of new rules-
(1) such rules make adequate provision for each and all of the matters specified in the First Schedule,
(ii) no such rule is inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Ordinance or the regulations or with any other such rule or with the principal objects of the trade union or is contradictory, imprecise or incomprehensible; and
(ii) where any such rule relates to the taking of decisions by secret ballot. every voting member of the trade union bas an equal right and, so far as practicable, an equal opportunity of voting and that the secrecy of the ballot is ensured,
he shall register the altered or amended rule or the ruke so added or the new rules, as the case may be.
(6) No new rule, no alteration or amendment of any registered rule and no rule added to the registered rules of a registered trade union shall take effect until the same has been registered under this section.
(7) If a registered trade union contravenes subsection (1), the trade union shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary con- viction to a fine of two hundred dollars:
Provided that, in respect of a trade union that is deemed, by virtue of subsection (1) of section 68, to have been duly registered under this Ordinance, this subsection shall not come into operation until such date as may be appointed by the Governor with reference to this subsection by Proclamation in the Gazette.
(8) In the event of a contravention of subsection (3), (4) or (6), the registered trade union shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of two hundred dollars.
(9) For the purposes of this section, the expression "registered rule" means a rule registered under this section or a rule deemed, by virtue of the provisions of subsection (1) of section 68, to have been registered under this Ordinance.
19. A copy of the rules of a registered trade union shall be delivered by the trade union to any person demanding the same and tendering payment in advance of a sum not exceeding two dollars.
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20. (1) Every registered trade union shall have a registered office Registered situated in the Colony and a postal address to which all communications office. and notices may be addressed.
(2) Notice of the situation of the registered office and of the postal address, and of any change therein, shall, within two weeks of the registration of the trade union or of such change, as the case may be, be given to the Registrar and shall be registered by him, and the trade union shall not be deemed to have complied with this Ordinance until such notice has been given.
(3) Any registered trade union that-
(a) operates without having a registered office or without giving
notice of the situation of its registered office: or
(5) operates at any place to which its registered office may have been removed without having given notice of the change in the situation thereof to the Registrar: or
(c) operates without having a postal address or without giving
notice of its postal address; or
(d) fails to give notice to the Registrar of a change in its postal
address,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars.
21. (1) Notification of every branch of a registered trade union Branches and of every business or charitable, cultural, educational or medical and various undertaking that is operated by or in the name of a trade union shall of grade
undertakings be made to the Registrar, together with such particulars thereof as the unions to be Registrar may from time to time require, by the trade union within reported to fourteen days after the establishment of such branch or business or
the Registrar. charitable, cultural, educational or medical undertaking, as the case may be, or, in the case of any such branch or business or charitable, cultural, educational or medical undertaking established before the commencement of this Ordinance, within thirty days after the com- mencement thereof.
(2) If a branch of a registered trade union or such a business or charitable, cultural, educational or medical undertaking as is mentioned in subsection (1) ceases after notification to the Registrar, to exist or to be operated by or in the name of a registered trade union, the trade union shall report the fact to the Registrar in writing within thirty days thereafter.
(3) A registered trade union that contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of two hundred dollars.