Singapore legislation
Section 8
Section 8
Necessity for registration
(1)
Every trade union shall apply to be registered under this Act within a period of one month reckoned from the date on which it is so established.
(2)
The Registrar may, if he thinks fit, from time to time, grant an extension of the period specified in subsection (1), provided that no such period shall, in any particular case, be so extended as to exceed a period of 6 months in the aggregate.
(3)
For the purposes of this Act, a trade union is established on the first date on which any workmen or employers agree to become or to create an association or combination for the furtherance of any one or more of the objects specified in the definition of a trade union in section 2.
(4)
For the purpose of prosecuting any trade union which fails to apply for registration in accordance with this section, the date of establishment of that trade union shall, in the absence of proof of the date referred to in subsection (3), be deemed to be —
the date on which any person is proved to have been accepted or admitted as a member of that trade union; or
the date on which any act is proved to have been done by that trade union in furtherance of any one or more of the objects specified in the definition of a trade union in section 2.
(5)
Where proof is available of both the dates referred to in subsection (4)(a) and (b), the earlier of such dates shall be deemed so to be the date of the establishment of that trade union.