Members of the Trade Union are required to pay a subscription per annum as per the provisions of the Trade Unions Act,

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An Act further to amend the Trade Unions Act, 1926. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1. Short title and commencement. 1. Short title and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Trade Unions (Amendment) Act, 2001. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2. Amendment of section 4. 2. Amendment of section 4.-In section 4 of the Trade Unions Act, 1926 (16 of 1926) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in sub-section (1), the following provisos shall be inserted at the end, namely:- ''Provided that no Trade Union of workmen shall be registered unless at least ten per cent. or one hundred of the workmen, whichever is less, engaged or employed in the establishment or industry with which it is connected are the members of such Trade U ion on the date of making of application for registration: Provided further that no Trade Union of workmen shall be registered unless it has on the date of making application not less than seven persons as its members, who are workmen engaged or employed in the establishment or industry with which it is connecte .''. 3. Amendment of section 5. 3. Amendment of section 5.-In section 5 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- ''(aa) in the case of a Trade Union of workmen, the names, occupations and addresses of the place of work of the members of the Trade Union making the application;''. 4. Amendment of section 6. 4. Amendment of section 6.-In section 6 of the principal Act,- (a) for clause (ee), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- ''(ee) the payment of a minimum subscription by members of the Trade Union which shall not be less than- (i) one rupee per annum for rural workers; (ii) three rupees per annum for workers in other unorganised sectors; and (iii) twelve rupees per annum for workers in any other case;'';