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Amendment of section 21.

Amendment of section 23.

and every instrument to which the common seal shall be affixed shall be signed by an officer or a member appointed by the executive for that purpose and countersigned by the chairman, treasurer of secretary,

(3) A trade union which fails to comply with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars.

(4) An officer of a trade union, or any person. on its behalf, who uses or authorizes the use of any seal which falsely purports to be the seal of the trade union shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars.".

13. Section 21 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following-

"(1) Notification of

(2) every branch of a registered trade union;

(b) every business or charitable, cultural, educational or medical undertaking which is operated by or in the name of a trade union; and

(c) any change in the address of such branch, or busi- ness or charitable, cultural, educational or medical undertaking.

shall be made to the Registrar in writing, together with such particulars as the Registrar may require, by the trade union within fourteen days after the establishment of or change of address of such branch, or business or charitable, cultural, educational or medical undertaking”.

14. Section 23 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) in subsection (5), by deleting "the Full Court, and, if upon any such appeal the Full Court finds that the refusal of the Registrar to register the change of name was wrong as aforesaid, it may so declare" and substituting the following-

"the Supreme Court, which may, if it finds that the refusal of the Registrar to register the change of name was wrong as aforesaid, so declare";

(b) by inserting, after subsection (7), the following new

subsection-

"(8) A registered trade union which fails to comply with subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars.".

15. Section 27 of the principal Ordinance is amended- (a) by deleting "Schedule" wherever it occurs and substitut-

ing in each place the following—

"Second Schedule";

(b) in subsection (3), by deleting "the Full Court, and, if upon any such appeal the Full Court finds that the refusal of the Registrar to give his consent to the intended amalgamation was wrong as aforesaid, it may so declare" and substituting the following

"the Supreme Court, which may, if it finds that the refusal of the Registrar to give his consent to the intended amalgamation was wrong as aforesaid, so declare".

16. Section 30 of the principal Ordinance is amended in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) by inserting after "fifty per cent of the" the following-

"voting"

17. Section 33 of the principal Ordinance is amended in subsection (1)

(a) in paragraph (a), by deleting "employees" and substitut

ing the following-

"clerks":

(b) in paragraph (0) by deleting "in Council";

(c) by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the follow.

ing--

"(k) the payment of fines imposed on the trade union for any offence of which it is convicted under this or any other Ordinance; (any other purpose which the Governor may

approve.".

18. Section 36 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(4)

in subsection (1) by inserting, after "on application". the following-

"in writing":

Amendment of section 27.

Amendment of section 30,

Amendment of section 33.

Amendment of section 36.