Section 28: Alteration of rules of trade union.

(1) Subject to this section, a trade union may alter its rules by any method of doing so provided for by its rules, but no alteration of the rules of a trade union shall take effect until the alteration is registered.
(2) The Registrar shall not register an alteration of the rules of a trade union if as a result of the alteration
(a) the rules of the union would cease to contain provisions with respect to the various matters mentioned in the First Schedule of this Act; or
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(b) the principal purpose of the trade union would cease to be that of regulating the terms and conditions of employment of workers.
(3) An alteration of the rules of a trade union shall, if the rules of the union so provide, come into effect on a date later than the date of which the alteration is registered, but shall otherwise come into effect on the date on which the alteration is registered.