Trade Unions Act 1940 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Registration
9. Application for registration
Feedback & supportEvery application for registration of any association or combination of workmen or employers as a trade union shall be made to the Registrar in the prescribed form and shall be signed by at least 7 members of the trade union, any of whom may be officers thereof.
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;
Every application shall be made in the prescribed form and shall be accompanied by —
the prescribed fee;
a copy of the rules of the trade union; and
a statement of the prescribed particulars of the members making the application and the officers of the trade union.