Trade Union Act, 1926
28. Returns
(1) There shall be sent annually to the Registrar, on or before
such date as may be prescribed, a general statement, audited in the prescribed
manner, of all receipts and expenditure of every registered trade union during
the year ending on the 31st day of 25[December] next preceding such
prescribed date, and of the assets and liabilities of the trade union existing
on such 31st day of 25[December]. The statement shall be prepared in
such form and shall comprise such particulars as may be prescribed.
(2) Together with the general statement there shall be sent to
the Registrar a statement showing changes of 26[office-bearers] made
by the trade union during the year to which the general statement refers
together also with a copy of the rules of the trade union corrected up to the
date of the dispatch thereof to the Registrar.
(3) A copy of every alteration made in the rules of a registered
trade union shall be sent to the Registrar within fifteen days of the making of
the alteration.
13 [(4) For the Purpose of examining the documents referred
to in sub-sections (1), (2) and (3), the Registrar, or any officer authorized
by him by general or special order, may at all reasonable times, inspect the
certificate of registration, account books, registers, and other documents,
relating to a trade union, at its registered office or may require their
production at such place as he may specify in this behalf, but no such place
shall be at a distance of more than ten miles from the registered office of a
trade union.]