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Trade Unions

[1989 Ed.

(3) Where, under subsection (1)(d), the Registrar has signified his consent to any registered trade union joining in membership with a trade union federation and, in respect of any declaration made for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) or (c), there has been a contravention of section 58(3), the Registrar may forthwith withdraw such consent.

(4) If any trade union, or any person acting for or on behalf of or in the name of a trade union with the consent of the trade union, takes any part in the affairs or business of a registered trade union federation of which such trade union is not a properly constituted member in accordance with this Ordinance and the rules of such registered trade union federation, such trade union or person, as the case may be, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $500.

57. Officers of trade union federations

No person shall be an officer of a registered trade union federation unless-

(a) (i) he is an officer of one of the component registered trade unions comprising such trade union federation; and

(ii) he is ordinarily resident in Hong Kong; and

(iii) he is or has been engaged or employed in a trade, industry or occupation with which the trade union of which he is an officer is directly concerned; or

(b) he is a voting member of one of the component registered trade unions comprising such trade union federation.

PART X

FORMS AND REGULATIONS

(Replaced 18 of 1977 s. 6)

58. Forms and offences in relation thereto

(1) The Registrar may prescribe all such forms as may, in his opinion, be required for the carrying out of this Ordinance.

(2) Any form prescribed under subsection (1) shall be published in the Gazette.

(3) Any person who-

(a) in any form prescribed by the Registrar under subsection (1), or in any declaration accompanying any such form, makes any statement or furnishes any information that he knows to be false or has reason to believe to be false;