15Regulations as to registration

15 Regulations as to registration

*[Section 15 Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 ]**[Section 15 Amended by No. 16 of 1985, s. 5 ]*With respect to the registration under this Act of a trade union and of the rules thereof, the following provisions shall have effect:

(a) An application to register the trade union, and printed copies of the rules, together with a list of the titles and names of the officers, shall be sent to the Commissioner under this Act;

(b) The Commissioner, upon being satisfied that the trade union has complied with the regulations respecting registration in force under this Act, shall register such trade union and such rules;

(c) No trade union shall be registered under a name identical with that by which any other existing trade union has been registered, or so nearly resembling such name as to be likely to deceive the members or the public;

(d) Where a trade union applying to be registered has been in operation for more than a year before the date of such application, there shall be delivered to the Commissioner before the registration thereof a general statement of the receipts, funds, effects, and expenditure of such trade union, in the same form and showing the same particulars as if it were the annual general statement required to be transmitted under section 22 (1) to the Commissioner;

(e) The Commissioner upon registering such trade union shall issue a certificate of registration, which certificate, unless proved to have been withdrawn or cancelled, shall be conclusive evidence that the regulations of this Act with respect to registration have been complied with;

(f) The Governor may make regulations respecting registration under this Act, and respecting the seal, if any, to be used for the purpose of such registration and the inspection of documents kept by the Commissioner, and respecting the fees, if any, to be paid on registration, not exceeding the fees specified in the first schedule , and generally for carrying this Act into effect.