Singapore legislation

Clause 5

New sections 26A and 26B

The Ordinance is hereby amended by inserting immediately after section 26 thereof the following new sections: —“Employees of a trade union26A.—

(1)

A registered trade union may, subject to the provisions of subsection (2) and of the rules of such union, employ and pay such persons as may be necessary for the purposes of such union.(2) A person shall not be employed by a registered trade union under the provisions of subsection (1) —

(a)

if he is not a citizen of Singapore; or

(b)

if he has been convicted by any court of a criminal offence and has not received a free pardon in respect thereof, and such conviction in the opinion of the Minister renders him unfit to be employed by a trade union:Provided that the provisions of paragraph (b) shall not apply where the Minister is satisfied that the person so convicted has reformed and has become fit to be employed by a trade union.Powers of Minister in relation to sections 26 and 26A26B. The Minister may by order —

(a)

declare that the provisions of section 26 or 26A shall not apply to any registered trade union or class of registered trade unions specified in the order; or

(b)

grant, either absolutely or subject to such conditions as he may consider reasonably necessary, exemption from all or any of the provisions of section 26 or 26A in respect of officers or employees or such proportion or class of officers or employees of any registered trade union or class of registered trade unions as may be specified in the order.”.

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