Trade Unions Act 1940 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Constitution
30. Officers of trade union
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A person shall not act as an officer of a trade union or any branch thereof, and shall be disqualified for election as such officer if he is an undischarged bankrupt or has been convicted by any court of criminal breach of trust, extortion or criminal intimidation, or of any offence which, in the opinion of the Minister, renders him unfit to be an officer of a trade union.
officer
“officer”, in relation to a trade union, includes any member of the executive thereof and any member of any committee, provision for which is made in the rules of the trade union, but does not include an auditor;
Subsection (1) shall not apply where the Minister is satisfied that the person so convicted has reformed and has become fit to be an officer of a trade union.
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;
No person who is not a citizen of Singapore shall act as an officer of a trade union or any branch thereof unless the prior written approval of the Minister has been obtained.
Except where subsection (5) applies, not less than two-thirds of the total number of the officers of every registered trade union shall be persons actually engaged or employed in a trade, occupation or industry with which the trade union is connected.
registered trade union
“registered trade union” means a trade union registered under this Act;
In the case of a combined federation, not less than two-thirds of the total number of the officers of the combined federation shall be persons —
actually engaged or employed in a trade, occupation or industry in which any constituent trade union is connected; or
actually providing a platform service with which any constituent platform work association is connected.