Trade Unions – Fees and Penalties

FINES AND PENALTIES UNDER THE ACT
Registration of Trade Union VT5,000
Section 30 (3) if any registered trade union:

(a) operates without having a registered office and registered postal address, or without giving notice of the situation of its registered office or its registered postal address as required by sub section (2);

or

(b) operates at any place to which its registered office may have been removed without having given notice or the change in the situation thereof to the Registrar;
The trade union and every officer thereof or other person bound by its rules to give such notice shall be guilty of an offense. Penalty     VT1,000 for each day on which the offense continues.
Every person who with intent to defraud makes or causes or procures to be made any false entry, or omission from, any statement, copy or list delivered to the Registrar under Section 39 shall be guilty of an offense. Penalty a fine not exceeding VT100,000 and imprisonment for term not exceeding 3 years.

Any officer or member of a trade union who falsify accounts pursuant to Section 40 shall be guilty of an offense. Penalty a fine not exceeding VT100,000 and imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years.Any person who attempts to coerce membership pursuant to section 52 shall be guilty of an offense. Penalty a fine not exceeding VT100,000 and imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years.