Trade Unions Act 1940 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 8 · Offences and Penalties
58. General penalty
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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;
Upon conviction of an unregistered trade union under subsection (1), every person proved to have been a member of the executive of that trade union shall be deemed severally to be guilty of the offence for which the trade union was so convicted.
executive
“executive” means the body, by whatever name called, to which the management of the affairs of a trade union or of any branch thereof is entrusted;
The District Court or Magistrate’s Court shall, after necessary inquiry, declare in its finding and order the name of each person to be deemed to be guilty and shall pass sentence upon him according to law.