Regulations.
(3) Any person who-
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(4) in any form prescribed by the Registrar under subsection (1). or in any declaration accompanying any such form, makes any statement or furnishes any information that he knows to be false or has reason to believe to be false:
(b) causes or procures any such statement to be made or any such information to be furnished in any such form or in any such declaration; or
(c) in any such form or in any such declaration makes any state-
ment or furnishes any information recklessly. shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for three months.
(4) Any person who-
(a) signs any form prescribed by the Registrar under subsection (1) knowing that it contains any false statement or any statement that he has reason to believe to be false; or
(b) signs any such form recklessly,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for three months.
59. (1) Save as provided in section 58 and notwithstanding any- thing in the rules of any registered trade union, the Governor in Council may by regulation prescribe or provide for-
(a) all matters stated or required in this Ordinance to be
prescribed;
(b) books, registers and forms to be used for the purposes of this
Ordinance;
(c) the manner in which the accounts of registered trade unions shall be audited and the qualifications of persons by whom they may be audited;
(d) the seal, if any, to be used by the Registrar for the purpose of
registration of trade unions;
(e) inspection of registers and documents kept by the Registrar and
the making of copies of entries therein;
(D) fees to be charged for inspection and any other service or
matter prescribed or permitted by this Ordinance;
(g) the due disposal and safe custody of the funds and moneys of
a registered trade union;
(h) the creation, administration, protection, control and disposal of the welfare funds of registered trade unions and all matters connected therewith or incidental thereto;
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generally for giving effect to the principles and provisions of this Ordinance.
(2) Regulations made under this section may be of general applica- tion or limited to any particular registered trade union or class of registered trade unions.
(3) Regulations made under this section may provide that any person who, or any registered trade union that, contravenes any of the provisions of such regulations shall be guilty of an offence and may prescribe penalties therefor:
Provided that no penalty so prescribed shall exceed a line of five hundred dollars.
PART XI. MiscellaneouS.
60. The Registrar may delegate to any officer of the Registry of Delegation Trade Unions, either generally or particularly, such of his powers. Erf powers, functions or duties under this Ordinance as he may consider expedient: Provided that no delegation made hereunder shall preclude the Registrar from exercising or performing at any time any of the powers. functions or dutics so delegated.
thereof
61. Where any offence against this Ordinance or any regulations Lubility of made thereunder has been committed by any registered trade unico, officers every officer of the trade union shall be guilty of the like offence unless where offence he proves to the satisfaction of the court that the act constituting the committed offence took place without his knowledge or consent.
by trade
TEACH.
62. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Magistrales Ordin- Limit of ance, a complaint made or information laid in respect of an offence time for
complaints under this Ordinance or the regulations shall be made or laid within or informa- two years from the time when the matter of such complaint or informa- tion. tion respectively arose.
(Cap. 227).
63. Every summons, notice or other document required to be Service of served on a registered trade union in any civil or criminal proceeding legal process. shall be deemed to be duly served if it is delivered at or sent by registered post addressed to the registered office of the trade union or if it is served personally on any officer of the trade union, provided that such service is otherwise in compliance with the requirements of any relevant enactment.
64. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, the practice Procedure, and procedure upon and in connexion with any appeal under this Ordinance to the Full Court shall be subject to any rules of court made under the Supreme Court Ordinance.
upan oppcal under ordinance to Full Court. (Cap. 4).