Trade Unions Act 1940 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Constitution
33. Change of name
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A registered trade union shall not change its name except with the requisite consent of —
registered trade union
“registered trade union” means a trade union registered under this Act;
its members; or
where the trade union is a federation, its constituent trade unions and, in the case of a combined federation, its constituent trade unions and constituent platform work associations.
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;