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TRADE UNIONS AND TRADE DISPUTES ORDINANCE. (Chapter 64).

TRADE UNIONS (REGISTRATION) (AMENDMENT) RULES, 1957-

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 27 of the Trade Unions and Trade Disputes Ordinance, the Governor in Council has made the following rules-

1. These rules may be cited as the Trade Unions (Registra- Citation. tion) (Amendment) Rules, 1957-

2. Rule 5 of the Trade Unions (Registration) Rules (herein. Amendment after referred to as the principal rules) is amended by the addition of rule 6.

(VOL VIII, after paragraph (3) of the following new paragraph-

p. 338),

"(4) No person shall knowingly make or cause to be made any false statement or entry upon any form prescribed by the Registrar under these rules or shall sign any such form without having reasonable grounds for believing the statements or entries contained therein to be true.".

3. Rule 9 of the principal rules is amended by the insertion Amendment after the word and figure "paragraph (3)" of the following-

"and every person who contravenes paragraph (4)**.

DAILIZE

Clerk of Councils.

of rule 9.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

26th March, 1957-

Explanatory Note.

(This Note ie not part of the rules, but is intended to indicate their general purport).

The purpose of these rules is to make it an offence to make false statements or entries upon fortas prescribed under the Trade Unions (Registration) Rules. As the rules stand at present a person may with impunity submit untrue particulars to the Registrar of Trade Unions.

(Secretariat GR2/5041/46)