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Ord. No. 47/88

Use of funds for political

purposes

Regulations

Matters for

Second Schedule

Electoral

expenses resolution

6.

TRADE UNIONS (AMENDMENT)

(a) expenses incurred directly or indirectly by a candi- date or prospective candidate for election to a District Board, the Urban or Regional Council or the Legislative Council;

(b) expenses for the holding of a meeting or the prepa- ration and distribution of literature or documents in support of a candidate or prospective candidate for election to a District Board, the Urban or Regional Council or the Legislative Council; and

(c) expenses related to the registration of electors or the selection of a candidate for election to a District Board, the Urban or Regional Council or the Legis- lative Council.

(2) A registered trade union shall not compel a member to contribute to the electoral fund and the union shall not make contribution to the fund a condition for admission to the union or continuing as a member with full membership rights in the union.

(3) A registered trade union shall not pay money out of an electoral fund until rules under paragraph (j)(iii) of the Second Schedule have been registered by the Registrar under section 18.

(4) A registered trade union that contravenes this sec- tion commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $500.

33B. (1) Where no electoral fund is established under section 33A, a registered trade union, if authorized by secret ballot of a majority of its voting members present at a general meeting or of a majority of members' representatives present at a general meeting where the rules of the trade union allow voting by members' representatives, may pay for expenses referred to in section 33A(1).

(2) An authorization under this section must limit the expenditures to a specific election and specify the maximum amount authorized.".

Section 34 is amended by repealing "The" and substituting "Except as permitted under sections 33A and 33B, the".

7. Section 59(1)(h) is amended by adding “and electoral" after "welfare".

8.

The Second Schedule is amended in paragraph (j) by adding after which provision sub-paragraph (ii)—–

must be made

in the rules of every registered trade union

"(iii) provide for the administration, protection, disbursement and disposal of the electoral fund, if one is established, and declare the conditions under which money in the fund may be spent.".