Singapore legislation

Clause 15

of Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill

Clause 15

Amendment of Trade Unions Act

Section 20 of the Trade Unions Act (Cap. 333, 1985 Ed.) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “Official Assignee in Bankruptcy” in subsection (1)(a) and (b) and substituting in each case the words “Official Receiver”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(3) For the purpose of winding up the affairs of the trade union, the Official Receiver shall have all the powers vested in the Official Receiver under the Companies Act (Cap. 50) for the purpose of discovery of the property of a debtor, the realisation thereof and the winding up of a company, and the provisions of that Act shall apply, with the necessary modifications, to the winding up of the affairs of a trade union under this Act.”.