Cap. 452 Art. 50Rules of trade unions and employers’ associations.

(1) The rules of every trade union and of every employers’ association shall contain provisions in respect of the matters mentioned in the following sub-articles of this article.

(2) The rules shall -

(a) specify the name of the trade union or employers’ association, the address of its principal office and the objects for which it is established;

(b) make provision as to the purposes for which, and the manners in which, any property or funds of the union or association are authorised to be applied or invested;

(c) if any financial benefits are to be available for members of the trade union or of the employers’ association out of its property or funds, make provision as to the amounts of those benefits and the circumstances in which they are to be available to members;

(d) specify the offences for which the union or association may under the rules expel a member or take other disciplinary action, the penalties applicable for each of those offences, and the procedure for the hearing of cases in which offences against the rules are alleged;

(e) make provision for the election of a governing body and for its re-election at reasonable intervals, for the election or appointment of officers of the union or association and other officials, and for the manner in which the governing body, officers and other officials can be removed from office;

(f) make provision for the keeping of full and accurate accounts by the union or association, for the appointment of auditors and for the annual auditing of the accounts;

(g) make provision for the inspection of the books and names of members of the union or association by every person having an interest in the funds of the union or association;

(h) specify the manner in which any rules of the union or association can be made, altered or revoked, and the circumstances and manner in which the union or association can be dissolved.

(3) Every trade union and every employers’ association shall at the request of any person supply him with a copy of the rules, as in force at the date of the request, either free of charge or on payment of a fee as may be prescribed.