Trade Unions Act, 1926
"Registered Trade Union" means a Trade Union registered
under this Act;
"trade dispute" means any dispute between employers and workmen
or between workmen and workmen, or between employers and
employers which is connected with the employment or non-
employment, or the terms of employment or the conditions of labour,
of any person, and "workmen" means all persons employed in trade or
industry whether or not in the employment of the employer with
whom the trade dispute arises; and
"Trade Union" means any combination, whether temporary or
permanent, formed primarily for the purpose of regulating the
relations between workmen and employers or between
workmen and workmen, or between employers and employers,
or for imposing restrictive conditions on the conduct of any
trade or business, and includes any federation of two or more
Trade Unions.
REGISTRATION OF TRADE UNIONS
Appointment of Registrars.-
(1) The appropriate Government shall appoint a person to be the
Registrar of Trade Unions for each State.
(2) The appropriate Government may appoint as many Additional and
Deputy Registrars of Trade Unions as it thinks fit for the purpose of
exercising and discharging, under the superintendence and direction
of the Registrar, such powers and functions of the Registrar under this
Act as it may, by order, specify and define the local limits within
which any such Additional or Deputy Registrar shall exercise and
discharge the powers and functions so specified.
Mode of registration.-
(1) Any seven or more members of a Trade Union may, by
subscribing their names to the rules of the Trade Union apply for
registration of the Trade Union under this Act.
. Application for registration.-
(1) Every application for registration of a Trade Union shall be made
to the Registrar, and shall be accompanied by a copy of the rules of
the Trade Union and a statement of the following particulars, namely:
-
, (a) the names, occupations and addresses of the members
making the application;
(b) the name of the Trade Union and the address of its head
office; and
(c) The titles, names, ages, addresses and occupations of the
office-bearers of the Trade Union.
(2) Where a Trade Union has been in existence for more than one year
before the making of an application for its registration, there shall be
delivered to the Registrar, together with the application, a general
statement of the assets and liabilities of the Trade Union prepared in
such form and containing such particulars as may be prescribed.
. Provisions to be contained in the rules of a Trade Union.- A Trade
Union shall not be entitled to registration under this Act, unless the
executive thereof is constituted in accordance with the provisions of
this Act, and the rules thereof provide for the following matters,
namely: -
(a) the name of the Trade Union;
(b) the whole of the objects for which the Trade Union has been
established;
(c) the whole of the purposes for which the general funds of the
Trade Union shall be applicable, all of which purposes shall be
purposes to which such funds are lawfully applicable under this
Act;
(d) the maintenance of a list of the members of the Trade Union
and adequate facilities for the inspection thereof by the office-
bearers and members of the Trade Union;
(e) the admission of ordinary members who shall be persons
actually engaged or employed in an industry with which the
Trade Union is connected, and also the admission of the
number of honorary or temporary members as office-bearers.
(f) the conditions under which any member shall be entitled to
any benefit assured by the rules and under which any fine may
be imposed on the members;
(g) the manner in which the rules shall be amended.
(h) the manner in which the members of the executive and the
other office-bearers of the Trade Union shall be appointed and
removed;
(i) the safe custody of the funds of the Trade Union, an annual
audit, in such manner as may be prescribed, of the accounts
thereof, and adequate facilities for the inspection of the account
books by the office-bearers and members of the Trade Union;
and
(j) the manner in which the Trade Union may be dissolved.
"Registered Trade Union" means a Trade Union registered
under this Act;
"trade dispute" means any dispute between employers and workmen
or between workmen and workmen, or between employers and
employers which is connected with the employment or non-
employment, or the terms of employment or the conditions of labour,
of any person, and "workmen" means all persons employed in trade or
industry whether or not in the employment of the employer with
whom the trade dispute arises; and
"Trade Union" means any combination, whether temporary or
permanent, formed primarily for the purpose of regulating the
relations between workmen and employers or between
workmen and workmen, or between employers and employers,
or for imposing restrictive conditions on the conduct of any
trade or business, and includes any federation of two or more
Trade Unions.
REGISTRATION OF TRADE UNIONS
Appointment of Registrars.-
(1) The appropriate Government shall appoint a person to be the
Registrar of Trade Unions for each State.
(2) The appropriate Government may appoint as many Additional and
Deputy Registrars of Trade Unions as it thinks fit for the purpose of
exercising and discharging, under the superintendence and direction
of the Registrar, such powers and functions of the Registrar under this
Act as it may, by order, specify and define the local limits within
which any such Additional or Deputy Registrar shall exercise and
discharge the powers and functions so specified.
Mode of registration.-
(1) Any seven or more members of a Trade Union may, by
subscribing their names to the rules of the Trade Union apply for
registration of the Trade Union under this Act.
. Application for registration.-
(1) Every application for registration of a Trade Union shall be made
to the Registrar, and shall be accompanied by a copy of the rules of
the Trade Union and a statement of the following particulars, namely:
-
, (a) the names, occupations and addresses of the members
making the application;
(b) the name of the Trade Union and the address of its head
office; and
(c) The titles, names, ages, addresses and occupations of the
office-bearers of the Trade Union.
(2) Where a Trade Union has been in existence for more than one year
before the making of an application for its registration, there shall be
delivered to the Registrar, together with the application, a general
statement of the assets and liabilities of the Trade Union prepared in
such form and containing such particulars as may be prescribed.
. Provisions to be contained in the rules of a Trade Union.- A Trade
Union shall not be entitled to registration under this Act, unless the
executive thereof is constituted in accordance with the provisions of
this Act, and the rules thereof provide for the following matters,
namely: -
(a) the name of the Trade Union;
(b) the whole of the objects for which the Trade Union has been
established;
(c) the whole of the purposes for which the general funds of the
Trade Union shall be applicable, all of which purposes shall be
purposes to which such funds are lawfully applicable under this
Act;
(d) the maintenance of a list of the members of the Trade Union
and adequate facilities for the inspection thereof by the office-
bearers and members of the Trade Union;
(e) the admission of ordinary members who shall be persons
actually engaged or employed in an industry with which the
Trade Union is connected, and also the admission of the
number of honorary or temporary members as office-bearers.
(f) the conditions under which any member shall be entitled to
any benefit assured by the rules and under which any fine may
be imposed on the members;
(g) the manner in which the rules shall be amended.
(h) the manner in which the members of the executive and the
other office-bearers of the Trade Union shall be appointed and
removed;
(i) the safe custody of the funds of the Trade Union, an annual
audit, in such manner as may be prescribed, of the accounts
thereof, and adequate facilities for the inspection of the account
books by the office-bearers and members of the Trade Union;
and
(j) the manner in which the Trade Union may be dissolved.
