Malaysia legislation
Section 11
Section 11
Section 26 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
in the shoulder note, by substituting for the words
“of minors” the words “of trade union”;
(b)
in subsection (1), by substituting for the words
“under the age of twenty-one, but above the age of sixteen”
the words “who has attained the age of fifteen years, but under the age of twenty-one years”;
(c)
in subsection (1a), by substituting for the words
“employed or engaged in any establishment, trade, occupation or industry in respect of which the trade union is registered” the words “a workman or an employer”;
(d)
by substituting for subsection (1b) the following subsection:
“(1b) Notwithstanding subsection (1a)—
(a)
no workman or employer shall be accepted as a member of a trade union except as provided in the rules of the trade union; and
(b)
any workman who has been dismissed, discharged, retrenched, or has retired may be retained as a member of a trade union subject to the rules of the trade union.”;
(e)
by inserting after subsection (1b) the following subsection:
“(1c) No membership of a trade union shall be confined to a particular race, religion or nationality.”;
and
(f)
by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:
“(2a) A member of a trade union from amongst the workmen who has been dismissed, discharged, retrenched, or has retired shall not be entitled to vote on strike and all matters relating thereto.”.
Trade Unions (Amendment)
9
Amendment of section 28