Clause 11

Section 44 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsections:“(2) No person who is holding the office of president, chairman, treasurer, secretary or other similar office in a trade union or who is not a citizen of Singapore shall be appointed or elected as a trustee of the trade union without the prior written approval of the Minister.(3) When a person is appointed or elected as a trustee or ceases to be a trustee of a registered trade union or branch of a registered trade union, notice thereof shall be sent to the Registrar within seven days thereafter by the trade union in such form as the Registrar may require.(4) Nothing in subsection (2) shall affect the appointment or election of any trustee of a trade union who was appointed or elected before the commencement of the Trade Unions (Amendment) Act, 1982.”.