Trade Unions Act 1940
Table of Contents
Long Title
Part 1 PRELIMINARY
1 Short title
2 Interpretation
Part 2 APPOINTMENT OF REGISTRAR AND OTHER OFFICERS
3 Appointment of Registrar
4 Appointment of Assistant Registrars and other officers
5 All officers to be deemed to be public servants
6 Protection of public servants
Part 3 REGISTRATION
7 Register of trade unions
8 Necessity for registration
9 Application for registration
10 Registration
11 Certificate of registration
12 Power of Registrar to call for further particulars
13 Power of Registrar to require alteration of name
14 Refusal of registration
15 Cancellation or withdrawal of registration
16 Power to stop payment of money held by financial institution
17 Appeal to Minister
18 Procedure on appeal
19 Consequences of failure to register or of cancellation of registration
20 Consequences upon dissolution of trade union
Part 4 RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF TRADE UNIONS
21 Disabilities of unregistered trade union
22 Immunity from civil suit in certain cases
23 Liability in tort
24 Liability in contract
25 Objects in restraint of trade not unlawful in case of registered trade union
26 Proceedings by and against trade union
27 Strike or industrial action
Part 5 CONSTITUTION
28 Membership of minors and Government employees
29 Membership of employees of specified statutory board or body
30 Officers of trade union
30A Authority of officers, etc., to bind union without ratification
31 Employees of trade union
32 Powers of Minister in relation to sections 30 and 31
33 Change of name
34 Amalgamation
35 Notice of change of name or amalgamation
36 Effect of change of name or amalgamation
37 Registered office
38 Rules of registered trade union
39 Secret ballot
40 Notification of change of officers, etc.
41 Notification of change of employees
42 Notice of dissolution
43 Trustees
Part 6 PROPERTY
44 All property vested in trustees
45 Devolution of property
46 Purchase or lease of land or buildings
Part 7 FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS
47 Application of funds
48 Prohibition of payment of fines or penalties
49 Use of funds for political purposes and investment of those funds
50 Injunction to restrain misuse of funds
51 Treasurer to render accounts
52 Production of documents, etc., for examination
53 Annual returns
54 Inspection of accounts and documents
Part 8 OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
55 Penalty for misuse of money or property of registered trade union
56 Supplying false information regarding trade unions
57 Failure to submit returns
58 General penalty
59 Composition of offences
60 Limitation of prosecutions
61 Saving of offences under other written law
Part 9 MISCELLANEOUS
62 Act not to affect certain agreements
63 Certain written laws not applicable to trade unions
64 Service of legal process
65 Notification in Gazette
66 Regulations
Legislative History
Abbreviations