TRADE UNION ACTS, 1926
BY
SMART LEARNING WAY
The
law relating to the registration of trade unions and certain other matters is
contained in the trade union act, 1926. The act came into force on 1st June, 1927. The act was pass to regulate-
(a)
conditions governing the registration of the trade unions,
(b)
obligations imposed upon a registered trade union
(c)
rights and liabilities of registered trade unions. The act extends to the whole
of India. The act was extended to Jammu & Kashmir by the central labour
laws act, 1970.
DEFINITIONS
1
Appropriate Government (sec. 2): In relation to trade unions
whose objects are not confined to one state, the “appropriate government ”. In
relation to other trade unions, the appropriate government means the state
government.
2
Trade disputes [sec 2(g)] : It means any disputes :
(a)
between employers and workmen, or
(b)
between workmen & work men
(c)
between employers & employers, which is connected with
(i)
the employment or non employment,
(ii) the terms of employment,
(iii)
the condition of labour of any person.
“Workmen” means all persons employed in trade or industry whether or not in
the employment of the employer with whom to trade disputes arises.
3 Trade union [sec 2(h)] It means any
combination, whether temporary or permanent, formed :
(1)primarily
for the purpose of regulating the relations (a) between workers & employers
(2)for imposing restrictive conditions on the conduct of any trade unions. The
act does not affect :
(1) any arrangement between partners as to
their own business
(2)
any arrangement between an employer & those employed by him as to such
employment
(3) any arrangement in consideration of the
same of goodwill of the business or of instruction in any profession, trade or
hand craft.
APPOINTMENT OF REGISTARS
A
state govt. appoints a person to b the registrar of trade union of the state.
It may also appoint as many additional & deputy registrars of trade unions
as it thinks fit for the purpose of exercing & discharging the power and
functions of the registrar. The state govt. also defines the local limits
within which they shall exercise & discharge the powers & functions so
specified [sec 3(2)]
Where
an additional or deputy registrar exercises & discharges the powers &
functions of a registrar in an area within which the registrar is deemed to be
the registrar in relation to the trade union for the act [sec 3(5)].
REGISTRATIONS OF TRADE UNIONS(SEC
4-5)
Application
for registration: Any 7 or more members of a trade
union may, by subscribing their names to the rules of the trade union & by
otherwise complying with the provisions of the act with respect to
registration, apply for registration.
Any time after the date of the application,
but before the registration of the trade union, some of the applicants who made
the application may cease to be members of the trade union or may give notice
in writing to the registrar dissociating themselves from the application. In
such a case,
The
application shall not be deemed to have become invalid merely by reason of this
fact. But if the member of applicants ceasing to be members themselves from the
application exceeds half of the total it is deemed to have become invalid. It
must be accompanied by a copy of its rules & statement of the following
(a)
the names, occupations & address of the members making the application
(b)
the name of the trade union & the address of his head office,
(c) the
titles, names, ages, address, & occupations of the officers of the trade union.
Where a trade union has been in existence for
more than 1 year before the making off an application for its registration, a
general statement of its assets & liabilities prepared in the prescribed
form has also to be delivered to the registrar, together with the application
[sec5 (2)]
Cancellation
of registration (sec 10): A certificate of registration of a trade union may be
withdrawn or cancelled by the registrar:
(a) on the application of thee trade union in the prescribed manner (b) if the
registrar is satisfied that the trade union has (i) ceased to exist, (ii)
willfully contravened any provisions of
the act (iii) allowed any rule to continue in force, which in
inconsistent with any such provision, (iv) resigned any rule which ought to be there.
RIGHTS & LIABILITIES OF A REGISTERED TRADE UNION
1
Body corporate (sec 13): Every registered trade union is a
body corporate by the name under which it is registered & has perpetual
succession & a common seal with
power to acquire & hold both immovable property & to contract & can
by the said name sue & be sued.
2 Separate fund for political purpose (sec 14): A
registered trade union may constitute a separate funds, from contributions
separately levied for or made to that fund, from which payments maybe made for
the promotion of the civic & political interests of its members.
3)
immunity from punishment for criminal conspiracy (sec.17):
An office-bearer or member of a registered trade union shall not be liable to
punishment under sec.120-B(2) of the Indian penal code, 1860 in respect of any
agreement made between the members for the purpose of furthering any such
object of the trade union on which general funds may be spent.
Where, for example, a strike is accompanied by violence, assault,
intimidation, threat etc. This exemption is not available likewise a union
leader is not entitled to claim immunity from punishment for breach of
discipline.
4)
Immunity from civil sits (sec.18) :
A suit or other legal
proceeding shall not be maintainable in any civil court against any trade union
or any office-bearer or member thereof in respect of any act done in
contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute to which a member of the trade
union is party. This protection is available only on the ground of employment,
or that it is in interference with the trade, business or employment or some
other person or with the right of some other person to dispose of his capital
or his labour as he wills (sec.18(1)), e.g., Acts of violence or vandalism or
any act of deliberate trespass.
A registered trade union is not
liable in any suit or other legal proceedings in any civil court in respect of
any tortious act done in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute by an
agent of the trade union if it is proved that such person acted without the
knowledge of, or contrary to the express instructions given by, the executive
of the trade union.
5)
Enforceability of agreements
(sec.19):notwithstanding anything in any other law for the time
being in force, an agreement between the members of a registered trade union
shall not be void or voidable merely by reason of the fact any of the objects
of the agreement is in restraint of trade.
6)
Right to inspect books of
trade union (sec.20): the account books of a registered
trade union and the list of members thereof is open to inspection by an
office-bearer or member f the trade union.The inspection may be done at such
time as may be provided for in the rules of the trade union. The object of
conferring this right on office-bearers and members is that they satisfy
themselves as to the genuineness of members and of the accounts of the union.
7)
Right of minors to be
members(sec.21): subject to any rules of the trade union
to the cotrary, any person who has attained the age of 15 years may be a member
of a registered trade union and enjoy all the rights of a member.
Duties and liabilities of a
registered trade union
The
act imposes the following duties and liabilities on a registered trade union:
1)change of registered office(sec.12):if
any change in the address of the head office of a trade union take place,
notice of change must be given to the registrar in writing.
2)object on which general funds may be spent(sec.15):
the general funds of a registered trade union shall be
spent only on the following objects, namely;
a)The
payment of salaries, allowances and expenses to office-bearers of the trade
union;
b)The
payment of expenses for the administration of the trade union, including audit
of the accounts of the general funds of the trade union;
c)
The expenses in prosecution or defense of any legal proceeding to which the
trade union or any member thereof is a party, undertaken for the purpose of
securing or protecting any rights of the trade union;
D)
The conduct of trade disputes on behalf of the trade union or any members
thereof;
E)
The compensation of members for loss arising out of trade disputes;
F)
Allowances to members or their dependants on account of death, old age,
sickness, accident or unemployment of such members;
G)
The issue of, or the undertaking of liability under, policies of assurance on
the lives of members, or under policies insuring members against sickness,
accident or unemployment;
H)
The provision of educational, social or religious benefits for members (
including the payment of the expenses of funeral or religious ceremonies for
deceases members) or for the dependants of members;
I)The
upkeep of a periodical published mainly for the purpose of discussing questions
affecting employees or workmen as such;
J)
the payment of contributions to any cause intended to benefit workmen in
general. The expenditure respect of such contributions in financial year shall
not at anything during that year be in excess of 1/4th of the
combined total of the gross income which has up to that time accrued to the
general funds of the trade union during that year and of the balance at the
credit of those funds at the commencement of that year;
K)
subject to any conditions contained in the notification, any other object
notified by the appropriate government in the office gazette.
if the union funds are spent on any object
other than those enumerated in sec. 15, the expenditure will be unlawful and
ultra virus the act and the union can be restrained by injunction from applying
its funds for any such object.
3) Constitution of a fund for
political purposes (sec. 16):
a registered trade union may
constitute a separate fund from which payments may be made for the promotion of
the civic and political interests of its members (sec.16). Such fund be used in
furtherance of the following objects, viz;
A)the
payment of any expenses incurred by a candidate or prospective candidate for
election as a member of any legislative body constituted under the constitution
or of any local authority; or
B)the
holding of any meeting or the distribution of any literature or documents in
support of any such candidate or prospective candidate, or
C)the
maintenance of any person who is a member of any legislative body constituted
under the constitution or of any local authority; or
E)the
holding of political meeting of any kind, or the distribution of political
literature or political documents of any kind(sec.16(2))
Note: expenditure
for political purpose is in no case permitted out of the general funds. Not
only this, even interest on investments of general fund will have to be
credited to the general fund.
The condition for the creation of a
political fund are as follows:
i)
Such fund can be created only from
contributions separately levied or made to that fund.
ii)
Members must not be compelled to
contribute to the fund.
iii)
A member who does not contribute to
the fund must not be excluded from any benefits of the trade union, or placed
under any disability or disadvantage, directly or indirectly, as compared with
other members of the trade union( except in relation to control or management
of the political fund).
iv)
Contribution to the political fund
must not be made a condition for admission to the trade union.
4)
Proportion of officers to be
connected with the industry(sec.22):
Not less than
one-half of the total number of the office-bearers of every registered trade
union must be persons actually engaged or employed in an industry with which
the trade union is connected. The idea behind this rule is that persons
actually engaged or employed in the industry may not have enough courage to
from a trade union for fear of reprisal from the employers. The appropriate
government may, however, by special or general order, exempt a trade union from
the application of this provision.
5)
Returns (sec.28): Every
registered trade union shall annually to the registrar a general statement,
audited in the prescribed manner, of all receipts and expenditure during the
year ending on the 31st day of December. It shall also send
statement showing all changes of office-bearers made by the trade union during
the year, and a copy of the rules of the trade union corrected up to the date
of the dispatch to the registrar. A copy of every alteration made in the rules
of the registered trade union shall be sent to the registrar within 15 days of
the making of the alternation.
For
the purpose of examining the documents and statements sent to the registrar,
the registrar, or any officers authorized by him. May at all reasonable times
inspect the certificate of registration, account books, registers, and other
documents relating to a trade union, at its registered office, or may require
their production at a place which shall not be at a distance of more than 10
miles (16 kilometers) from the registered office of a trade union.
6)disqualification
of office –bearers of trade union(sec.21-A):
a person
shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of the
executive or any other office-bearer of a registered trade union if(i) he has
not attained the age of 18 years; (ii) he has been convicted by a court in
India of any offence involving moral
turpitude and sentenced to imprisonment; if a period of 5 years has elapsed
since his release, the disqualifications are removed.
Rights & Liabilities of Trade Union
Objects
on which general funds may be spent.
- The general funds of a registered Trade Union shall not be spent on any other objects than the following, namely:-
A)The
payment of salaries, allowances and expenses to [office-bearers] of the Trade
Union;
B)The
payment of expenses for the administration of the Trade Union , including audit
of the accounts of the general funds of the Trade Union;
c)
The prosecution or defence of any legal proceeding to which the Trade
Union or any member thereof is a party,
when such prosecution or defence is undertaken for the purpose of securing or
protecting any rights of the Trade Union
as such or any rights arising out of the relations of any member with
his employer or with a person whom the member employs;
d)
The conduct of trade disputes on behalf of the Trade Union or any member thereof;
e)
The compensation of members for loss arising out of trade disputes;
f)
Allowances to members or their dependents on account of death, old age,
sickness, accidents or unemployment of such members;
g)
The issue of , of the undertaking of
liability under, policies of assurance on the lives of members, or under
policies insuring members against sickness, accident or unemployment;
h)
The provisions of educational, social or religious benefits for members (including
the payment of the expenses of funeral or religious ceremonies for deceased
members) or for the dependents of members;
i)The
upkeep of a periodical published mainly for the purpose of discussing questions
affecting employers or workmen as such;
j)
The payment, in furtherance of any objects on which the general funds of the
Trade Union may be spent, of contributions to any cause intended to benefit
workmen in general, provided that the expenditure in respect of such
contributions in any financial year shall not at any time during that year be
in excess of one-fourth of the combined total of the gross income which has up
to that time accrued to the general funds of the Trade Union during that year and of the balance at the
credit of those funds at the commencement of that years; and
k)
Subject to any conditions contained in the notification, any other object notified by the [appropriate
Government] in the Official Gazette.
Constitution of a separate fund for
political purpose
1.A
registered Trade Union may constitute a
separate fund, from contributions separately levied for or made to that fund,
from which payments may be made, for the promotion of the civic and political
interests of its members, in furtherance of any of the objects specified in
sub-section (2).
1.)The
objects referred to in sub-section (1) are:-
a)
the payment of any expenses incurred,
either directly indirectly, by a candidate or prospective candidate for
election as a member of any legislative body constituted under [the
constitution] or of any local authority, before, during, or after the election
in connection with his candidature or election; or
b)
The holding of any meeting or the distribution of any literature or documents
in support of any such candidate or prospective candidate;
c)
The maintenance of any person who is a
member of any legislative body constituted under [the constitution] or of any local authority; or
d)
The registration of electors or the selection of a candidate for any
legislative body constituted under [the constitution] or of any local
authority; or
e)
The holding of political meeting of any kind, or the distribution of political
literature or political documents of any
kind.
[(2A) In its application to the state of
Jammu and Kashmir, references in sub-section (2) to any legislative body
constituted under
the constitution shall be construed as including references to the Legislature
of that State.
(3)
No member shall be compelled to contribute to the fund constituted under
sub-section (1); and a member who does not contribute to the said fund shall
not be excluded from any benefits of the Trade Union, or placed in any respect
either directly or indirectly under any disability or at any disadvantage as
compared with other members of the Trade Union (expect in relation to the
control or management of the said fund) by reason of his not contributing to
the said fund; and contribution to the
said fund
shall not be made a condition for admission to the Trade Union.
Criminal
conspiracy in Trade Disputes.
No [office-bearer] or member
of a member of a registered Trade Union shall be liable to punishment under
sub-section (2) of section 120B of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), in
respect of any agreement made between the members for the purpose of furthering
any such object of the Trade Union as is
specified in section 15, unless the agreement is an agreement to commit
an offence.
Immunity
from civil suit to certain cases –
(1)
No suit or other legal proceeding shall be maintainable in any Civil Court
against any registered Trade Union or any [Note: Inserted by Act No.51 of 1970]
or member thereof in respect of any act done in contemplation or furtherance of
a trade dispute to which a member of the Trade Union is a party on the ground
only that such act induces some other person to break a contract of employment,
or that it is in interference with the trade, business or employment of some
other person or with the right of some other person to dispose of his capital
of his labour as he wills.
(2) A registered Trade Union
shall not be liable in any suit or other legal proceeding in any Civil Court in
respect of any tortuous act done in contemplation or furtherance of a trade
dispute by and agent of the Trade Union if it is proved that such person acted
without the knowledge of, or contrary to, express instructions given by the
executive of the Trade Union.
Enforceability
of agreements –
Notwithstanding
anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, an agreement
between the members of a registered Trade Union shall not be void or violable
merely by reason of the fact that any of the objects of the agreement is in
restraint of trade:
Provided
that nothing in this section shall enable any Civil Court to entertain any
legal proceeding instituted for the express purpose of enforcing or recovering
damages for the breach of any agreement concerning the conditions on
which
any member of a Trade Union shall not sell their goods, transact business,
work, employ or be employed.
Right
to inspect books of Trade Union –
The account books of a registered Trade Union and the list of members
thereof shall be open to inspection by an [Note: Substituted by Trade Unions
(Amendment) Act No.38 of 1964] or member of the Trade Union at such times as
may be provided for in the rules of Trade Union.
Not less than
one half of the total number of the [Subs. by Trade Unions (Amendment) Act
No.31 of 1964] of every registered Trade Union shall be persons actually
engaged in an industry with which the Trade Union is convicted.
• Provided
that the (appropriate Government) may, by special or general order declare that
the provisions of this section shall not apply to any Trade Union or class of
Trade Unions specified in the order.
Change
of name –
Any registered Trade Union may, with
the consent of not less than two-thirds of the total number of its members and
subject to the provisions of Section 25 change its name.
Amalgamation
of Trade Union –
Any two or more registered Trade
Unions may become amalgamated together as one Trade Union with or without
dissolution or division of the funds of such Trade Unions or either or any of
them, provided that the votes of at least one-half of the members of each or
every such Trade Union entitled to vote are recorded, and that at least sixty
percent of the votes recorded are in favour of the proposal.
Notice
of change of name or amalgamations –
Notice in
writing of every change of name and every amalgamation, signed, in the case of
change of name, by the Secretary an by seven members of the Trade Union
changing its name and in the case of an amalgamation by the Secretary and by
seven members of each and every Trade Union which is a party thereto, shall be
sent to the Registrar, and where head office of the amalgamated Trade Union is
situated in a different (State), to the Registrar of such (State).
REGISTRATION OF TRADE UNION
Appointment
of Registrars
(1)
[The appropriate Government] shall appoint a person to be the, Registrar of
Trade union for [each State].
(2)
The appropriate Government may appoint as many Additional and Deputy registrars
of Trade unions as it thinks fit for the purpose of exercising and discharging,
under the superintendence and direction of the registrar, such and define the
local limits within which any such additional or Deputy registrar shall
exercise and discharge the powers and
functions so specified.
(3) Subject to the provision
of any order under sub-section (2), where an additional or deputy registrar
exercises and discharges the powers and functions of a registrar in an area
within which the registered office of a Trade Union is situated, the additional
or Deputy Registrar shall be deemed to be the registrar in relation to the
Trade Union for the purposes of this Act.]
Mode
of Registration
(1)
Any seven or more members of a Trade Union may, by subscribing their names to
the rules of the Trade Union and by otherwise complying with the provisions of
this Act with respect to registration, apply for registration of the Trade
Union under this Act:
provided
that no Trade Union of workmen shall be registered unless at least ten per cent
or one hundred of the workmen, whichever is less, engaged or employed in the
establishment or industry with which it is connected are the members of such
Trade Union on the date of application for registration:
Provided further that no workmen shall be registered unless at has on the date of
making application not less than seven persons as its members, who are workmen
engaged or employed in the establishment or industry with which it is
connected.]
[(2)
Where an application has been made under sub-section (1) for the registration
of a Trade Union, such application shall not be deemed to have become invalid
merely by reason of the fact that, at any time after the date of the
application, but before the registration
of the Trade Union , some of the applicants, but not exceeding half of the total
number of persons who made the application, have ceased to be members of the
Trade Union or have given notice in writing to the registrar dissociating
themselves from the application.]
Application
for registration
1.)
Every application for registration of a Trade Union shall be made to the
registrar, and shall be accompanied by a copy of the rules of the Trade Union
and a statement of the following particulars, namely:-
a) the names, occupations and addresses of the
members making the application;
[(aa)
in the case of a Trade Union of workmen, the names, occupations and addresses
of the place of work of the members of the Trade Union making the application;]
b)
The name of the Trade Union and the address of its head office; and
c)The
titles, names, ages, addresses and occupations of the [office bearers] of the Trade Union.
(2)
Where a Trade Union has been in existence for more than one year before the
marking of an application for its registration, there shall be delivered to the
registrar, together with the application, a general statement of the assets and
liabilities of the Trade Union prepared in such form and containing such
particular as may be prescribed.
Provisions
to be contained in the rules of Trade Union
A Trade Union shall not be
entitles to registration under this Act, unless the executive thereof is
constituted in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and the rules
thereof provide for the following matters, namely:-
(a)The
name of the Trade Union ;
(b)
The whole of the objects for which the Trade Union has been established;
(c)
The whole of the purposes for which the general funds of the Trade Union shall be applicable, all of which purposes
shall be purposes to which such funds are lawfully applicable under this Act;
d)
The maintenance of a list of the members of the Trade Union and adequate
facilities for the inspection thereof by the [office-bearers] and members of
the Trade union;
e)
The admission of ordinary members who shall be persons actually engaged or
employed in industry with which the
Trade Union is connected, and also the admission of the number of honorary or
temporary members as [office-bearers] required under section 22 to form the
executive of the Trade Union;[(ee) the payment of a minimum
subscription by members of the Trade Union which shall not be less than-
- One rupee per annum for rural workers;
- Three rupees per annum for workers in other unorganized sectors;
- twelve rupees per annum for workers in any other case;]
• [Ins. by Act 42 of 1960] The
payment of a subscription by members of the Trade Union which shall be
not less than twenty five naye paise per month per member;
(a)
The conditions under which any member shall be entitled to any benefit assured
by the rules and under which any fine or forfeiture may be imposed on members;
(b)
The manner in which the member shall be amended, varied or rescinded;
(c)
The manner in which the members of the executive and the other [Subs. by Trade
Unions (Amendment) Act No.33 of 1954] of the Trade Union shall be appointed and
removed;
(d)
The safe custody of the funds of the Trade Union, and annual audit, in such manner
as may be prescribed, of the account books by [Subs. by Trade Unions
(Amendment) Act No.33 of 1954] and members of the Trade Union; and
(e)
The manner in which the Trade Union may be dissolved.
7.
Power to call for further particulars and to require alteration of name –
(1)
The Registrar may call for further information for the purpose of satisfying
himself that any application complies with the provisions of Sec; 5, or that
the Trade Union is entitled to registration under Section 6, and may refuse to
register the Trade Union until such information is supplied.
(2)
If the name under which a Trade Union is proposed to be registered is identical
with that by which any other existing Trade Union has been registered or, in
the opinion of the Registrar, so nearly resemble such name as to be likely to
deceive the public or the members of either Trade Union, the Registrar shall
require the persons applying for registration to alter the name of the Trade
Union stated in the application, and shall refuse to register the Union until
such alteration has been made
8.
Registration –
The Registrar, on being satisfied
that the Union has complied with all the requirements of this Act in regard to
registration, shall register the Trade Union by entering in a register to be
maintained in such form as may be prescribed, the particulars relating to the
Trade Union contained in the statement accompanying the application for
Registration.
Notes:-
• This
section is mandatory. The Registrar cannot refuse to register a Trade Union if
the application for registration complies with the technical requirement as
laid down in this Act.
• This
Registrar has only to see if it fulfils the technical requirements and not
whether it could be described as unlawful. If the applicant for registration
complies with technical requirements of this Act, he has no option but to
register the Trade Union, no matter what happens to it subsequently
even if it, in fact, proceeds counter to law or seeks
to carry out its lawful objects in an unlawful way. (Inland Steam Navigation
Workers Union In re.1635 Cal.57 : 63 Cal.565 : C. W. N. 91).
• An
application for registration cannot be rejected on the ground that it is an
attempt to revive an old, already unlawful, union under a new name (Ibid.).
• The
functions of the Registrar are prescribed by this Act and his office is also
created by this Act (Ibid.).
9.
Certificate of Registration –
The Registrar registering a Trade
Union under Section 8, shall issue a certificate of registration in the
prescribed form which shall be conclusive that the Trade Union has been duly registered
under this Act.
10.
Cancellation of Registration –
A certificate of registration of a
Trade Union may be withdrawn o cancelled by the Registrar -
(a) On the application of the Trade Union to be verified in such manner as may be prescribed, or
(a) On the application of the Trade Union to be verified in such manner as may be prescribed, or
(b)
If the Registrar is satisfied that the certificate has been obtained by fraud
or mistake, or that the Trade Union has ceased to exist or has willfully and
after notice from the Registrar contravened any provision of this Act or
allowed any rule to continue in force which is inconsistent with any such
provision, or has rescinded any rule providing for any matter, provision for
which is required by Section 6:
• Provided
that not less than two months previous notice in writing specifying the ground
on which it is proposed to withdraw or cancel the certificate shall be given by
the Registrar to the Trade Union before the certificate is withdrawn or
cancelled otherwise than on the application of the Trade Union.
11.
Appeal –
(1)
Any person aggrieved by any refusal of the Registrar to register a Trade Union
or by the withdrawal or cancellation of a certificate of registration may,
within such period as maybeprescribed,appeal
(a) Where the head office of the Trade Union is situated within the limits of Presidency-town to the High Court, or
(a) Where the head office of the Trade Union is situated within the limits of Presidency-town to the High Court, or
(b)
Where the head office is situated in any outer area, to such Court, not
inferior to the Court of an additional or assistant Judge of a principal Civil
Court of original jurisdiction, as the [appropriate Government] may appoint in
this behalf for that area.
(2)
The Appellate Court may dismiss the appeal, or pass an order directing the
Registrar to register the Union and to issue a certificate of registration
under the provisions of Section 9 or setting aside the order for withdrawal or
cancellation of the certificate, as the case may be, and the registrar shall
comply with such order.
(3)
For the purpose of an appeal under sub-section (1) an Appellate Court shall, so
far as may be, follow the same procedure and have the same powers as it follows
an has when trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, and may
direct by whom the whole or any part of the
costs of the appeal shall be paid an such costs shall be recovered as if they
had been awarded in a suit under the said Code.
(4)
In the event of the dismissal of an appeal by any Court appointed under clause
(b) of sub-section (1), the person aggrieved shall have a right of appeal to
the High Court and the High Court shall, for the purpose of such appeal, have
all the powers of an Appellate Court under sub-sections (2) and (3) and the
provisions of those sub-section shall apply accordingly.]
Cancellation
of registration
The registrar may withdraw or cancel
the certificate or registration on the following
• -if
the certificate has been obtained by fraud/mistake
• -if
the Trade Union has ceased to exist
• -The
Trade Union has willfully contravened any provisions of the act
• The
trade union has allowed any rule to continue in force which is inconsistent
with any provisions of the act
• -Trade
Union has rescinded any rule which ought to be there
• -Trade
Union has on its own applied for withdrawal of cancellation
• Before
the withdrawal the registrar shall give at least two months’ notice in
written specifying the ground on which
it is proposed to take action in the absence of previous notice any proceeding
for cancellation or withdrawal of registration is illegal.
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