Malaysia legislation
Section 10
Section 10
Amendment of section 25a
(a)
in subsection (1)—
(i)
by substituting for paragraph (a) the following paragraph:
“(a) in the case of a trade union of workmen, without first obtaining at least more than one-half of the votes by secret ballot in favour of the proposed strike of at least sixty per centum of its total number of members who are entitled to vote and in respect of whom the strike is to be called; and in the case of a trade union of employers, without first obtaining at least more than one-half of the votes by secret ballot in favour of the proposed lock-out of at least sixty per centum of its total number of members who are entitled to vote;”; and
(ii)
in paragraph (b), by substituting for the words
“seven days” the words “seven working days”;
(b)
in subsection (2), by substituting for the words
“two thousand ringgit, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to both, and a further fine of one hundred ringgit” the words “five thousand ringgit and a further fine of two hundred ringgit”; and
(c)
by inserting after subsection (7) the following subsection:
“(8) For the purposes of this section, “working day”
means a calendar day but excludes weekends and public holidays applicable at the Federal Territory or
State where the registered office of the trade union is situated.”.
Amendment of section 26