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Trade Unions

[1989 Ed.

trade union as it might have been continued or enforced by or against the trade union if the change of name had not taken place.

(8) A registered trade union which fails to comply with subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $100. (Added 15 of 1971 s. 14)

24. Consent of registrar required to

amalgamation of trade unions

Save with the consent of the Registrar, no registered trade unions shall amalgamate as one trade union.

25. Application for consent to amalgamation

(1) Where 2 or more registered trade unions desire to amalgamate as one trade union, an application shall be made to the Registrar for his consent to the amalgamation.

(2) Every application under subsection (1) shall be made in the prescribed form and shall be signed by the chairman and one other officer of each trade union and shall be accompanied by 3 copies of the proposed rules of the trade union to be formed by the intended amalgamation.

26. Vote on application for consent to amalgamation

No application under section 25 for the consent of the Registrar to the amalgamation of any registered trade unions shall be made unless, in the case of each trade union, a majority of the executive thereof has voted in favour of the making of the application.

27. Grounds for refusal to consent to amalgamation

and procedure in such cases

(1) The Registrar may refuse to give his consent to an intended amalgamation of registered trade unions where-

(a) any of the provisions of this Ordinance in respect of the making

of the application for his consent have not been complied with; (b) the proposed rules of the trade union to be formed by the amalgamation will not make adequate provision for each and all of the matters specified in Schedule 2;

(c) any of the purposes of such trade union will be unlawful; (d) the name by which it is proposed that such trade union will be known is identical with that under which any other trade union, whether existing or not, is or has been registered or so nearly resembles such name as to be likely to deceive the public or the members of such trade union or of any other trade union.