Section 17: Payment of trade union dues to the Federation of Trade Unions.(As Amended by Section 4 of the Trade Unions (Amendment) Act, 2005)

(1)
Trade union shall pay to the appropriate registered Federation of Trade Unions out of the contribution received from their members, such as may, from time to time, be specified in the constitution of the registered Federation of Trade Unions concerned.
(2) Any trade union which fails to pay the sum referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and liable on conviction to a fine of two times the said sum.
(3) The institution of proceedings or imposition of a fine under subsection (2) of this section shall not relieve the trade union from its liability to pay the sum referred to in subsection (1) of this section.
(4) The system of automatic check-off dues as contained herein shall, in respect of any particular union, cease to operate forthwith-
(a) the dissolution of the union; or
(b) the revocation of the certificate of registration of the union by the Minister; or
(c) the cancellation of the registration of the union by the Registrar; or
(d) a strike action embarked upon by a union in breach of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the workers union and the employer.