Trade Unions Act 1940 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Rights and Liabilities of Trade Unions
24. Liability in contract
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registered trade union
“registered trade union” means a trade union registered under this Act;
Notwithstanding subsection (1), a trade union shall not be so liable on any contract which is void or unenforceable at law.
trade union
“trade union” means any association or combination of workmen or employers, whether temporary or permanent, whose principal object is to regulate relations between workmen and employers for all or any of the following purposes:(a)to promote good industrial relations between workmen and employers;(b)to improve the working conditions of workmen or enhance their economic and social status;(c)to achieve the raising of productivity for the benefit of workmen, employers and the economy of Singapore,and includes any federation;