Hong Kong Ordinances

TRADE UNIONS ORDINANCE - SECT 43

Prohibition of actions in tort against registered trade unions

(1) An action against a registered trade union, whether of employees or
employers, in respect of any tortious act alleged to have been committed in
contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute by or on behalf of such
trade union shall not be entertained by any court. (Amended 15 of 1971 s.19)

(2) Nothing in this section shall affect the liability of a registered
trade union, or any trustees thereof, to be sued in any court touching and
concerning any property, or any right or claim to property, of such
trade union, except in respect of any tortious act committed by or on behalf
of such trade union in contemplation or furtherance of a trade  dispute.