Cap. 452 ст. 54Provisions with respect to registration.

(1) Every trade union and every employers’ association shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

(2) Without prejudice to any other provision of this Act relating to registration, the following provisions shall have effect with respect to the registration of trade unions and employers’ associations under this Act, that is to say -

(a) an application to register the union or association and its rules shall be forwarded or produced to the Registrar together with two printed copies of the rules and with a list of the names of the officials of the union or association in which there shall also be shown their respective offices;

(b) no trade union or employers’ association shall be registered under a name identical with that by which another union or association is for the time being registered under this Act, or so nearly resembling any such name as to be likely to deceive the public;

(c) if the Registrar is satisfied that the union or association have complied with the provisions of this Act relating to registration, or if the Court of Appeal has so directed under article 55, he shall register the union or association, as the case may be, and its rules;

(d) upon registering a trade union or an employers’ association, the Registrar shall issue a certificate of registration.

(3) Every alteration of the rules of a registered trade union or employers’ association shall be registered with the Registrar, and any such alteration shall not take effect except from the date of its registration or from such later date as may be specified in the rules.

(4) The rules of any registered trade union or employers’ association shall not be so altered as to cease to satisfy or comply with the provision of this Act applicable thereto; and the Registrar shall not register any rules, or alteration to the rules, which contravene the foregoing provisions of this article.