Clause 1
Short title and commencement
This Act may be cited as the Trade Unions (Amendment) Act 2004 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
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Trade Unions (Amendment) Bill is Singapore Bill, cited as Bill 13 2004, currently marked not in force and first recorded in 2004.
Short title and commencement
This Act may be cited as the Trade Unions (Amendment) Act 2004 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
New section 30A
The Trade Unions Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 30, the following section:“Authority of officers, etc., to bind union without ratification30A.—
Notwithstanding any provision in any rules or resolution of any trade union, the officers of a trade union and any other persons duly appointed by the trade union to represent its members in negotiations with a view to a collective agreement shall have the authority to bargain collectively for and to bind all the members of the trade union by a collective agreement without the need for ratification by the members; and the decision of such officers or persons on any matter in such negotiations shall be the decision of all members of the trade union.
Any provision in any rules or resolution of any trade union (whether made before, on or after the date of commencement of this section) that is inconsistent with subsection (1) shall be void to the extent of that inconsistency.”.
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