### Trade Unions Ordinance 《職工會條例》

21. Branches and various undertakings of trade unions to be reported to the Registrar
(1) Notification of—
(a) every branch of a registered trade union;
(b) every business or charitable, cultural, educational or medical undertaking which is operated by or in the name of a trade union; and
(c) any change in the address of such branch, or business or charitable, cultural, educational or medical undertaking,
shall be made to the Registrar in writing, together with such particulars as the Registrar may require, by the trade union within 14 days after the establishment of or change of address of such branch, or business or charitable, cultural, educational or medical undertaking. (Replaced 15 of 1971 s. 13)
(2) If a branch of a registered trade union or such a business or charitable, cultural, educational or medical undertaking as is mentioned in subsection (1) ceases after notification to the Registrar, to exist or to be operated by or in the name of a registered trade union, the trade union shall report the fact to the Registrar in writing within 30 days thereafter.
(3) A registered trade union that contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 1. (Amended E.R. 3 of 2020)

22. Notification of officers, etc.
(1) A notice giving the names (including any alias) of all officers and their titles shall be prominently exhibited in the registered office of every registered trade union and in every office of any branch of a registered trade union.
(2) Notice of every change of officers or of the title of any officer of a registered trade union shall, within 14 days thereof, be sent by the trade union to the Registrar.
(3) The Registrar may require a registered trade union to furnish, in respect of any officer specified in any notice given under subsection (2), such particulars as he may consider necessary, and such trade union shall furnish such particulars within 14 days of the date of such request.
(4) A registered trade union that contravenes subsection (2) or fails to furnish, within the period specified therein, any particulars which the Registrar may have required under subsection (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 1. (Amended E.R. 3 of 2020)

### Trade Unions Ordinance 《職工會條例》

23. Change of name
(1) A registered trade union may agree to change its name by secret ballot of a majority of its voting members present at a general meeting or of a majority of members’ representatives present at a general meeting where the rules of the trade union allow voting by members’ representatives. (Amended 102 of 1997 s. 3)
(2) Where a registered trade union has so agreed to change its name, application for the registration of the change of name shall be made to the Registrar within 14 days thereof.
(3) If—
(a) the proposed name is identical with that under which any other trade union, whether existing or not, is or has been registered or so nearly resembles such name as to be likely to deceive the public or the members of such trade union or of any other trade union; or
(b) the provisions of this Ordinance in respect of change of name have not been complied with,
the Registrar shall refuse to register the change of name.
(4) Save as provided in subsection (3), the Registrar shall register the change of name.
(5) Any person who considers that the Registrar was wrong in refusing to register a change of the name of any registered trade union in that, as the case may be—
(a) the proposed name was not such a name as is specified in subsection (3)(a);
(b) the provisions of this Ordinance in respect of change of name had been complied with,
may, within 14 days after the refusal of the Registrar to register the change of name, appeal to the Court of First Instance, which may, if it finds that the refusal of the Registrar to register the change of name was wrong as aforesaid, so declare and thereupon the Registrar shall register the change of name, but, save as hereinbefore provided, the appeal shall be dismissed. (Amended 15 of 1971 s. 14; 25 of 1998 s. 2)
(6) No change of name of a registered trade union shall—
(a) take effect until the same has been registered under this section;
(b) affect any right or obligation of the trade union or any member thereof.
(7) Where, in respect of any registered trade union that has changed its name, any proceeding or cause of action was pending or existed at the time of the change of name, the same may be continued or enforced by or against the trade union as it might have been continued or enforced by or against the trade union if the change of name had not taken place.
(8) A registered trade union which fails to comply with subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 1. (Added 15 of 1971 s. 14. Amended E.R. 3 of 2020)

### Trade Unions Ordinance 《職工會條例》

24. Consent of Registrar required to amalgamation of trade unions
Save with the consent of the Registrar, no registered trade unions shall amalgamate as one trade union.

25. Application for consent to amalgamation
(1) Where 2 or more registered trade unions desire to amalgamate as one trade union, an application shall be made to the Registrar for his consent to the amalgamation.
(2) Every application under subsection (1) shall be made in the prescribed form and shall be signed by the chairman and one other officer of each trade union and shall be accompanied by 3 copies of the proposed rules of the trade union to be formed by the intended amalgamation.

26. Vote on application for consent to amalgamation
No application under section 25 for the consent of the Registrar to the amalgamation of any registered trade unions shall be made unless, in the case of each trade union, a majority of the executive thereof has voted in favour of the making of the application.