Hong Kong Ordinances

TRADE UNIONS ORDINANCE - SECT 36

Annual statement of account and returns to be rendered to Registrar

(1) Every registered trade union shall furnish annually to the Registrar, not
more than 3 months after the termination of each financial year of the
trade union as specified in the rules thereof or within such further period as
the Registrar may on application in writing grant, a statement of account,
audited by an auditor approved by the Registrar, of all receipts and
expenditures during that financial year and of the assets and liabilities of
the trade union. The statement shall be accompanied by a copy of the auditor's
report and shall be prepared in such form and shall contain such particulars
as may be prescribed. (Amended 15 of 1971 s. 18)

(2) Every registered trade union shall furnish to the Registrar on or before
31 March in each year, or within such further period as the Registrar may on
application in writing grant, a return in the form prescribed showing the
membership of the trade union and the names of the officers thereof on 31
December in the preceding year and containing such other particulars as may be
prescribed. (Amended 15 of 1971 s. 18)

(3) Every member of a registered trade union shall be entitled to receive free
of charge a copy of the statement of account referred to in subsection (1) and
the secretary or other officer thereof specified in the rules of the
trade union shall deliver a copy of such statement to every member of the
trade union who makes application to him therefor.

(4) A registered trade union that contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be
guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of
$500.