### Trade Unions Ordinance 《職工會條例》

62. Limit of time for complaints or information
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap. 227), a complaint made or information laid in respect of an offence under this Ordinance or the regulations shall be made or laid within 2 years from the time when the matter of such complaint or information respectively arose.

63. Service of legal process and notices issued by Registrar
(1) Every—
(a) summons, notice or other document required to be served on a registered trade union in any civil or criminal proceeding; and
(b) notice or other document issued by the Registrar under this Ordinance and required to be served on a registered trade union,
shall be deemed to be duly served if it is delivered at or sent by registered post addressed to the registered office of the trade union or if it is served personally on any officer of the trade union, provided that such service is otherwise in compliance with the requirements of any relevant Ordinance.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), whenever the Registrar is required under section 11 to give notice to a trade union, he may in addition publish such notice in the Gazette and such publication shall be deemed to be good and effective notice to the trade union.
(Replaced 15 of 1971 s. 26)

64. Procedure, etc. upon appeal under Ordinance to Court of First Instance and Court of Appeal
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, the practice and procedure upon and in connection with any appeal under this Ordinance to the Court of First Instance shall be subject to any rules of court made under the High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4). (Amended 15 of 1971 s. 27)
(2) An appeal shall be from a decision of the Court of First Instance under this Ordinance to the Court of Appeal in accordance with section 14 of the High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4). (Replaced 15 of 1971 s. 27)
(Amended 25 of 1998 s. 2)

65. Ordinance not to affect certain agreements
Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect—
(a) any agreement between partners as to their own business;
(b) any agreement between an employer and those employed by him as to such employment; or
(c) any agreement in consideration of the sale of the goodwill of a business or of instruction in any profession, trade or handicraft.

### Trade Unions Ordinance 《職工會條例》

66. Notification in the Gazette
The Registrar shall notify the following facts in the Gazette—
(a) the fact that a trade union has applied for registration under this Ordinance;
(b) the fact that a trade union has been registered under this Ordinance or that registration has been refused;
(c) the fact that the registration of a trade union has been cancelled;
(d) the fact that any change of name, amalgamation or federation relating to any trade union has been registered;
(e) the fact that any registered trade union has been dissolved; and
(f) the fact that a trade union has withdrawn its application for registration under this Ordinance. (Added 15 of 1971 s. 28)

67. Provisions of certain Ordinances not to apply to trade unions or trade union federations
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, the following Ordinances do not apply to a trade union or a trade union federation— (Amended 28 of 2012 ss. 912 & 920)
(a) the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622);
(b) the Co-operative Societies Ordinance (Cap. 33);
(c) the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32). (Amended 28 of 2012 ss. 912 & 920)
(2) The registration of a trade union or a trade union federation under any of the following Ordinances is void and of no effect—
(a) the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622);
(b) the Co-operative Societies Ordinance (Cap. 33). (Added 28 of 2012 ss. 912 & 920)

### Trade Unions Ordinance 《職工會條例》

68. Result of registration
(1) If a trade union is registered under the relevant Ordinance and the same shall become registered under this Ordinance, all of the property and assets of what description soever vested in the trade union by virtue of registration under the relevant Ordinance together with all rights and liabilities, whether present, future, certain or contingent, shall forthwith be deemed vested in the trade union by virtue of its registration under this Ordinance, and all causes of action subsisting, or suits or other legal proceedings pending, by or against the trade union by reason of or arising out of its registration under the relevant Ordinance shall subsist or be continued by or against such trade union by virtue of its registration under this Ordinance. (Amended 28 of 2012 ss. 912 & 920)
(2) If any unincorporated association, being a trade union within the meaning of this Ordinance, shall become registered thereunder, all of the property and assets of what description soever belonging to the members of such association by virtue of membership thereof or vested in trustees for the members of such association shall become vested in the registered trade union upon registration together with all rights and liabilities, whether present, future, certain or contingent, and all causes of action subsisting, or suits or other legal proceedings pending, by or against any trustees for the members of such association or any officer or member on behalf of himself and all other members of such association shall subsist or continue by or against such registered trade union in the name under which it is registered.
(3) For the purposes of this section—

relevant Ordinance (《有關條例》) means—
(a) the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) as in force from time to time before the commencement date* of section 2 of Schedule 9 to the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622);
(b) the Co-operative Societies Ordinance (Cap. 33); or
(c) the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622). (Added 28 of 2012 ss. 912 & 920)