Amendment of section 14 of Bom. XI of 1947

In section 14 of the principal Act, for the third proviso the following shall be substituted, namely:- "Thirdly, that- (i) where two or more unions fulfilling the conditions necessary for registration apply in the same calendar month for registration in respect of the same industry in any local area, subject to the provisions of the second proviso, the union having the largest membership of employees employed in the industry during the whole of the period of three calendar months immediately preceding that in which the applications were made shall be registered, and any application made in any subsequent calendar months shall not be considered by the Registrar until the applications made in the earlier calendar month are disposed of by him; (ii) where a union fulfilling the conditions necessary for registration makes an application during any calendar month for registration in respect of an industry in any local area, any application in any subsequent calendar month by any other union for registration in respect of the same industry shall not be considered by the Registrar until the former application is disposed of by him". In section 16 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1),- (i) after the words "the Registrar shall" the words "if a period of two years has elapsed since the date of registration of the registered union," shall be inserted: (ii) at the end, the following proviso shall be added, namely : - "Provided that the Registrar shall not entertain any application for registration of a union, unless a period of one year has elapsed since the date of disposal of the previous application of the union.". In section 32 of the principal Act, in the proviso,- (a) for the words "Provided that" the words, figures and letter "Provided that, subject to the provisions of section 33A," shall be substituted; (b) after the words "any proceedings" the brackets and words "(not being a proceeding before a Labour Court or the Industrial Court in which the legality or propriety of an order of dismissal, discharge, removal, retrenchment, termination of service or suspension of an employee is under consideration)" shall be inserted.