Singapore legislation
Clause 15
Clause 15
Amendment of section 47
Section 47 of the principal Act is amended —
by deleting the 4th to 7th lines of subsection (2) and substituting the following words:“for any other purpose without the requisite consent of members of the trade union.”; and
by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsections:“(3) Any moneys received for a specific purpose by a federation from its constituent trade unions, which the constituent trade unions are liable to pay to the federation in accordance with the rules of the federation, shall not be used or applied for any other purpose without the requisite consent of the constituent trade unions.(4) Within 7 days from the date the requisite consent referred to in subsection (2) or (3) is obtained, the secretary of the trade union concerned shall notify the Registrar of the consent and provide to the Registrar such information in respect of the consent as the Registrar may require.”.