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Trade Disputes - Collective Labour Agreements Ss 3738

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            (1) Every collective labour agreement shall be binding upon the parties thereto.

            (2) A collective labour agreement shall cease to be binding upon the parties thereto upon the expiry of one month, or such greater period as the notice may specify, immediately after the day on which any party to the agreement serves notice in writing to every other party to the agreement that it repudiates the agreement:

            Provided that no notice under this subsection shall be served without the permission in writing of the Minister before the expiry of six months immediately after the day on which the agreement came into force.

38.     Registration of collective labour agreements

            (1) Each party to a collective labour agreement or to an agreement extending or varying the terms of a collective labour agreement shall lodge a certified copy thereof with the Commissioner within 28 days of the day on which such agreement was concluded.

            (2) The Commissioner shall register, in such manner as may be prescribed, or in the absence of any such prescription as he may determine, one copy of the agreement lodged with him, and shall serve notice on each party to the agreement that he has done so.

            (3) Where the Commissioner is of the opinion that any term of the agreement lodged with him under the provisions of this section is contrary to any provision of this Act or any other written law, he shall withhold registration thereof and shall serve notice of such fact and his opinion, in writing, on each party to the agreement.

            (4) Any interested party aggrieved by a decision of the Commissioner to withhold the registration of a collective agreement, may appeal against such decision to the Minister.

            (5) Any party to a collective labour agreement who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of P2,000 or to imprisonment for 12 months, or to both.