Appointment and powers of Registrar

(1) The Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint an officer subordinate to it to be the Registrar for recognition of Trade Unions, for the purpose of exercising such powers and performing such duties as may be prescribed. (2) The Government may appoint as many Additional and Deputy Registrars for recognition of Trade Unions as it thinks fit for the purpose of exercising and discharging, under the superintendence and direction of the Registrar for recognition of Trade Unions, such powers and functions of the Registrar under this Act as it may, by order, specify and define the local limits within which any such Additional or Deputy Registrar for recognition of Trade Unions shall exercise and discharge the powers and functions so specified. (3) Subject to sub-section (2), where an Additional or Deputy Registrar for recognition of Trade Unions exercises and discharges the powers and functions of a Registrar in an area within which the registered office of a recognised registered Trade Union is situated, the Additional or Deputy Registrar for Recognition of Trade Unions shall be deemed to be the Registrar for Recognition of Trade Unions for the purpose of this Act.