Section 25

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

[Act 335].

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.

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

Minister.

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

[F.M. Ord. 81 of 1952], shall be deemed to be an association established under subsection (1) until the association is dissolved.