CO129-504-7 Illegal Strikes and Lock-outs Ordinance- 1927 21-3-1927 - 26-11-1927 — Page 17

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with any trade union or other organization cutside the Colony

in such a manner as to place the Hong Kong trade union or its

members under the control of the organization which is estab-

lished outside the Colony. Any Hong Kong trade union so af-

filiated without consent will, under sub-section (3) be an

unlawful society, or it may, under sub-section (4), be declared

Under sub-section (2) consent can be

an unlawful society.

made retrospective.

(3) In order to facilitate proof, and to avoid doubts as

to what establishment within the Colony means, sub-section (5)

specifies certain facts, e.g., the exhibition of a sign board,

from which it is to be inferred that a trade union is estab-

lcshed within the Colony.

(4) Sub-section (6) provides that no person shall on

behalf of any trade union outside the Colony give any dizec-

tion or notice to any person with regard to any action by such

person within the Colony, and sub-section (7) makes possession

of any such direction or notice in writing an offence unles8

lawful authority or excuse can be established.

excepta cases where consent has been obtained under sub-section

(1).

Sub-section (8)

(5) Sub-section (9) throws on the defendant the onus of

proving that any organization in question was not a trade

union, or that any organization in question was not a trade

union established outside the Colony.

9.

Section & prohibits the application of the funds of any

trade union to any political purpose outside the Colony, and

prohibite any levy for such a purpose.

10.