Trade Unions Act 1940 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Miscellaneous
63. Certain written laws not applicable to trade unions
Feedback & supportThe provisions of any written law providing for the registration or recording of societies shall not apply to a trade union and the registration under any such written law of a trade union shall thereupon be deemed to have been cancelled and to be void and of no effect for the purposes of this Act.
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;