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change in a union's name. Clause 16 amends section 30(1) so as to allow only voting members of a union to vote for an amalgama- tion.

9. Clause 17 substitutes "clerks" for "employees", in con- sequence of the changes to the interpretation section. The funds of a union may be used for the payment of fines imposed on it. The Governor is made the approving authority for the purposes of paragraphs (j) and (I), instead of the Governor in Council.

10. Clause 21 amends section 46 so as to exclude the right to picket a person's private residence, unless he also carries on business there.

11. Clause 26 amends section 63 by providing that a notice of cancellation under section 11 shall be deemed to have been served on the union if the Registrar has, in addition to serving the notice, published the notice in the Gazette.

12. Clause 29 adds a new Schedule setting out the offences specified for the purposes of section 17(3). Clause 30 renumbers the present Schedule as the Second Schedule and adds thereto a new rule relating to the safe custody of a union's seal.

DENYS ROBERTS,

Attorney General.