1964_TRADE_UNIONS_ORDINANCE — Page 16

1989 Ed.]

Trade Unions

[CAP. 332

15

(a) all of the funds (including welfare funds, if any) and assets of what description soever belonging to the trade union shall be realized and converted into money and shall be applied first to the cost of the liquidation, then to the discharge of the liabilities of the trade union, then to the payment of share capital, if any, and then in such manner as may be provided by the rules of the trade union or, failing provision therefor, in such manner as the Registrar may direct;

(b) when the liquidation of the trade union has been closed and any creditor thereof has not claimed or received what is due to him under the scheme of distribution, notice of the closing of the liquidation shall be published in the Gazette, and all claims against the funds of the trade union shall be prescribed when 2 years shall have elapsed from the date of such publication; (Amended L.N. 20 of 1979)

(c) any surplus remaining after the application of the funds to the purposes specified in paragraph (a) and the payment of any claims under paragraph (b) shall be paid into the general revenue of Hong Kong. (Amended 47 of 1988 s. 3)

PART IV

CONSTITUTION

17. Officers and members of trade unions

(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. (Replaced 18 of 1977 s. 3)

(1A) Any person who has lawfully been a member of a registered 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. (Added 18 of 1977 s. 3)

(IB) 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. (Added 18 of 1977 s. 3)

(2) No person shall, without the consent in writing of the Registrar, 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. (Replaced 18 of 1977 s. 3)

ין