Hong Kong Ordinances

TRADE UNIONS ORDINANCE - SECT 9

Effect of application to register

(1) The provisions of this Ordinance, other than the provisions of section 45,
shall apply to a trade union in respect of which application for registration
has been made in accordance with section 5 in like manner as if the
trade union had been duly registered: Provided that, upon service by the
Registrar upon any of the applicants for registration of a notice of refusal
to register, the provisions of this Ordinance shall cease so to apply to the
trade union.

(2) A trade union in respect of which application for registration has been
made in accordance with section 5 shall, for the purposes of the
Societies Ordinance ( Cap 151), be deemed to have been duly registered under
this Ordinance: Provided that, upon service by the Registrar upon any of the
applicants for registration of a notice of refusal to register, the
trade union shall cease to be deemed to have been so registered.