9Actions, &c., by or against trustees

9 Actions, &c., by or against trustees

[Section 9 Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 ]

(1)  The trustees of any trade union registered under this Act, or any other officer of such trade union who may be authorized so to do by the rules thereof, are hereby empowered to bring or defend, or cause to be brought or defended, any action, prosecution, or complaint in any court touching or concerning the property, right, or claim to property of the trade union.

(2)  Such trustees may, in all cases concerning the real or personal property of such trade union, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court in their proper names without other description than the title of their office.

(3)  No such action, prosecution, or complaint shall be discontinued or shall abate by the death or removal from office of such persons or any of them, but the same shall and may be proceeded in by their successors as if such death, resignation, or removal had not taken place, and such successors shall pay or receive the like costs as if the action, prosecution, or complaint had been commenced in their names for the benefit of, or to be reimbursed from, the funds of such trade union.

(4)  Any summons to be issued to any such trustee or other officer may be served by leaving the same at the registered office of the trade union.