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CAP. 332]

Trade Unions

[1989 Ed.

(b) in the case of an altered or amended rule or a rule which has been

so added-

(i) the effect of the alteration, amendment or addition is not such that the rules of the trade union no longer make adequate provision for each and all of the matters specified in Schedule 2;

(ii) the altered or amended rule or the rule so added is not inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Ordinance or the regulations or with any other rule of the trade union or with the principal objects of the trade union or contradictory, imprecise or incomprehensible;

(iii) where the altered or amended rule or the rule so added relates to the taking of decisions by secret ballot, every voting member of the trade union has an equal right and, so far as practicable, an equal opportunity of voting and that the secrecy of the ballot is ensured; and

(iv) where the rule has been amended or altered or the rule has been added for the purpose of compliance by such trade union with the provisions of subsection (1), the rule, either by itself or in conjunction with other registered rules, makes adequate provision for the matter specified in Schedule 2 to which it relates; or

(c) in the case of new rules----

(i) such rules make adequate provision for each and all of the

matters specified in Schedule 2;

(ii) no such rule is inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Ordinance or the regulations or with any other such rule or with the principal objects of the trade union or is contradictory, imprecise or incomprehensible; and

(iii) where any such rule relates to the taking of decisions by secret ballot, every voting member of the trade union has an equal right and, so far as practicable, an equal opportunity of voting and that the secrecy of the ballot is ensured,

he shall register the altered or amended rule or the rule so added or the new rules, as the case may be,

(6) No new rule, no alteration or amendment of any registered rule and no rule added to the registered rules of a registered trade union shall take effect until the same has been registered under this section.

(7) If a registered trade union contravenes subsection (1), the trade union shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $200.