Clause 8

by deleting the word “President” appearing in the last line of subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the word “Court”;

by deleting subsection (2) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(2) The Court may in its discretion refuse to certify a memorandum delivered under subsection (1) of this section if it is of opinion that it is not in the public interest that the collective agreement shall be certified or if it is of opinion that the memorandum does not set out satisfactorily or adequately the terms of the collective agreement between the parties and shall refuse to do so if the agreement does not comply with subsection (3) of this section.”;

by deleting the word “President” appearing in the fifth line of subsection (3) thereof and substituting therefor the word “Court”;

by deleting the words “may be a person designated in the agreement or” appearing in the tenth line of subsection (3) thereof and substituting therefor the words “shall be”;

by deleting the word “President” appearing in the first line of subsection (4) thereof and substituting therefor the word “Court”; and

by inserting immediately after subsection (4) thereof the following new subsection: —“(5) Any person who or any trade union which —

enters into a collective agreement, which is specified to continue in force for less than eighteen months or more than three years from the date on which it is expressed to commence;

delivers to the Registrar a memorandum which does not contain all the terms of the agreement entered into by him or it; or

fails or neglects to bring a collective agreement or any of the terms of such agreement entered into by him or it to the notice of the Court in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance,shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance.”.