No.5 LABOUR AMENDMENT 9 2015 Amendment of section 39 of Cap. 28:01 Section 39 (,'Application or proposal to vary, suspend or rescind registration")( 1) of the principal Act is amended by the insertion after "apply to the Registrar," of the words ", together with the prescribed fee.". 10 Amendment of section 55 of Cap. 28:01 Section 55 ("Minister may regulate union dues")(2) of the principal Act is amended by the repeal of paragraphs (e) and (f). 11 Amendment of section 59 of Cap. 28:01 Section 59 C'Registration of employment councils") of the principal Act is amended- (a) in subsection (1) by the insertion after "registration of an employment council." of the words "which application shall be made together with the prescribed fee"; (b) in subsection (2) by the insertion after "a certificate of registration" of the words "subject to any conditions, including conditions limiting the manner in which and objects for which the employment council may expend its funds, as the Registrar considers fit to impose"; (c) bythe insertion of the following subsections after subsection (2)- "(3) Subject to subsection employment (4), a certificate of registration of an council is issued for an indefinite period. (4) An employment (a) council shall- submit an audited account of its revenue and expenditure to the Registrar within the period specified in section 63A; and submit at the written request of the Registrar, no later than seven days after receiving the request, or after such longer period as the Registrar may for good cause allow, such written report on any matter as the Registrar may reasonably require in connection with its operations; and any failure on the part of the employment council to comply with paragraph (a) or (b) constitutes justifiable grounds upon which the Registrar may cancel its certificate of registration.". (b) 12 New sections Inserted in Part VIII of Cap. 28:01 The principal Act is amended by the insertion in Part VIII after section 63 of the following sections- "63A Audit of accounts of employment councils, inspection and examination thereof, and administration of affairs of employment councils in certain cases ( 1) The secretary of every employment council shall, within three months after the end of each financial year afthat council, cause an account of its expenditure and revenue for that financial year (0 be audited by a general accountant, public accountant or public auditor registered as such in terms of the Public Accountants and Auditors Act [Chapter 27: 12], and shall submit a copy of the audited account of its revenue and expenditure to the Registrar no later than three months after the end of the financial year concerned or fourteen days after the preparation of the audited account of its revenue and expenditure, wnicneve is the later date. 124