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Ord. No. 18/77

L.S.

TRADE UNIONS (AMENDMENT)

HONG KONG

No. 18 OF 1977

I assent.

Short title.

Amendment of section 2.

(Cap. 332.)

Amendment of section 17.

Amendment of section 33.

MURRAY MACLEhose,

Governor.

17th March, 1977.

An Ordinance to amend the Trade Unions Ordinance.

[18th March, 1977]

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Trade Unions (Amendment) Ordinance 1977.

2.

Section 2 of the principal Ordinance is amended—

(a) by deleting the definition of "clerk"; and

(b) by inserting after the definition of "officer" the following new

definition-

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"paid staff” in relation to a trade union or a branch of a trade union or a trade union federation, means a clerk or other person appointed by, and acting under the instructions of, the executive thereof and paid from the funds of the trade union or the branch of the trade union or the trade union federation, as the case may be;".

3. Section 17 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting subsections (1) and (2) and substituting the following-

"(1) Subject to subsection (1A), no person shall be a member of a registered trade union unless he is ordinarily resident in Hong Kong and engaged or employed in a trade, industry or occupation with which the trade union is directly concerned.

(1A) Any person who has lawfully been a member of a regis- tered trade union may, upon his retirement on account of age or ill-health from the trade, industry or occupation in which he was engaged or employed and by virtue of which he was a member of the trade union, remain a member thereof, but shall not be a voting member.

(1B) No person shall be refused membership of a trade union solely on the ground that he is casually or seasonally engaged or employed in the trade, industry or occupation with which the trade union is directly concerned.

(2) No person shall, without the consent in writing of the Regis- trar, be an officer of a registered trade union unless he is ordinarily resident in Hong Kong and is or has been engaged or employed in a trade, industry or occupation with which the trade union is directly concerned.".

4. Section 33(1)(a) of the principal Ordinance is amended by delet- ing "clerks" and substituting the following-

"paid staff".