25. Prison officers not to be members of trade unions

For the purpose of enabling prison officers to consider and bring to the notice of the Government all matters affecting their welfare or efficiency, including pay, pensions and conditions of service, other than questions of discipline and promotion affecting individuals, there may be established an association which shall operate and be administered in accordance with regulations made by the Minister.

An association established under subsection (1) shall be entirely independent of and be unassociated with any body of persons outside the prison department and shall be deemed not to be a trade union within the meaning of the Trade Unions Act 1959 [Act 262], and shall be exempt from the provisions of the Societies Act 1966

Subject to subsections (1) and (2), no prison officer shall become a member of any trade union or of any association having for its objects or as one of its objects the control or influencing of the pay, pensions or conditions of service of prison officers.

A prison officer who contravenes subsection (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit.

Any question as to whether a body is a trade union or an association to which this section applies shall be determined by the

An association established prior to the coming into force of this Act under section 27A of the Prisons Ordinance 1952