Trade Unions Act 1940 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Constitution
38. Rules of registered trade union
Feedback & supportThe rules of every registered trade union shall provide for all matters specified in the Schedule and shall not be so altered or amended as to cease to contain provision in respect of all such matters.
registered trade union
“registered trade union” means a trade union registered under this Act;
A copy printed in English and in Malay or Tamil or Chinese of the rules for the time being in force of any registered trade union shall be prominently exhibited at the registered office thereof and shall be furnished by the secretary of the trade union to any person on demand on payment of the prescribed sum.
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;
A copy in English of every new rule and of every alteration made in the rules of a registered trade union shall be sent to the Registrar within 7 days of the making of that rule or alteration and shall, subject to subsection (4), be registered by the Registrar on payment of the prescribed fee.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the person for the time being appointed by the Minister under section 3 by name or by office to be or to act as Registrar of Trade Unions, and includes any person appointed by the Minister under section 4 to be or to act as an Assistant Registrar of Trade Unions;
The Registrar may refuse to register any alteration of the rules if he is of the opinion that the new rule or altered rule is unlawful or is oppressive or unreasonable.
register
“register” means the register of trade unions maintained by the Registrar under section 7;
In the case of any difference or dispute, the English version of any rule or of any alteration of any rule shall prevail.
Every alteration of the rules of a trade union shall take effect from the date of registration by the Registrar unless some later date is specified in the rules.