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Trade Unions And Employers039 Organizations - Membership, Officers, Employees And Trustees Ss 2026

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            (1) No individual under the age of 15 years shall be a member of a registered trade union or employers' organization.

            (2) The constitution of a registered trade union or employers' organization may exclude young persons from membership thereof.

            (3) Subject to the constitution of a registered trade union or employers' organization, where a young person is a member thereof, he shall enjoy all the rights of a member:

            Provided that a young person shall not be an officer or trustee of the trade union or employers' organization of which he is a member.

            (4) A young person shall have the capacity to execute all instruments and give all acquittances necessary to be executed or given under the constitution of the registered trade union or employers' organization of which he is a member.

            (5) For the purposes of this section, "young person" means an individual who has attained the age of 15 years but is under the age of 18 years.

21.     Restrictions on membership of trade union

            (1) No person shall be admitted to membership of a trade union unless he is an employee in an industry with which the trade union is directly concerned.

            (2) ...

            (3) No employee of a trade union shall be admitted to membership of the trade union.

            (4) Upon a member of a trade union becoming an employee of the trade union, he shall immediately cease to be a member of the trade union.

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23.     Notice of officers of registered trade union, federation of trade unions or employers' organization to be exhibited

            (1) Every registered trade union, federation of trade unions or employers' organization shall at all times prominently exhibit at its registered office and at the principal office of every branch thereof a notice clearly setting out the full names of all the officers for the time being of the trade union, federation of trade unions or employers' organization, together with their respective titles.

            (2) Any registered trade union, federation of trade unions or employers' organization that fails to comply with this section and every officer thereof who is knowingly a party to the failure shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding P50 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding P10 for every day the offence continues.

24.     Trustees of registered trade union or federation of trade unions

            (1) The constitution of every registered trade union or federation of trade unions shall provide for the appointment or election and removal of trustees and for the filling of vacancies in the offices of trustees so that, as far as may be, there shall at all times be at least three trustees of the trade union or federation of trade unions,

            (2) No officer of a registered trade union or federation of trade unions shall be a trustee of the trade union or federation of trade unions.

            (3) No person shall be a trustee of a registered trade union unless he is a member of the trade union and no person shall be a trustee of a registered federation of trade unions unless he is a member of a trade union belonging to the federation of trade unions:

            Provided that a bank approved by the Registrar may be a trustee of a registered trade union or federation of trade unions.

            (4) No person shall be a trustee of a registered trade union or federation of trade unions if he has at any time been finally convicted of an offence involving dishonesty.

25.     Property of registered trade union or federation of trade unions to vest in trustees

            (1) All property belonging to a registered trade union or federation of trade unions shall vest in and be under the control of the trustees for the time being of the trade union or federation of trade unions for the use and benefit of the trade union or federation of trade unions and of its members.

            (2) In all actions or suits or prosecutions before any court touching or concerning any property belonging to a registered trade union or federation of trade unions, the same shall be stated to be the property of the persons who are the trustees for the time being of the trade union or federation of trade unions in their proper names as such trustees without any further description.

            (3) The trustees of a registered trade union shall deal with all property vested in them by virtue of this section in such manner as the executive committee of the trade union shall direct:

            Provided that no disposal of any such property shall be made unless the trustees are satisfied that the executive committee has acted lawfully and in accordance with the constitution of the trade union.

            (4) The trustees of a registered federation of trade unions shall deal with all property vested in them by virtue of this section in such manner as the body designated by the constitution of the federation of trade unions for this purpose shall direct:

            Provided that no disposal of any such property shall be made unless the trustees are satisfied that the directing body has acted lawfully and in accordance with the constitution of the federation of trade unions.

26.     Effect of change of officers

            No change in the officers or trustees of a registered trade union, federation of trade unions or employers' organization shall have effect unless the change is registered by the Registrar.