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(1) Not less than one-half of
the total number of the office-bearers of every registered Trade Union in an unorganised sector shall be
persons actually engaged or employed in an establishment or industry with which the Trade Union is
connected:
Provided that the appropriate Government may, by special or general order, declare that the
provisions of this section shall not apply to any Trade Union or class of Trade Unions specified in the
order.
Explanation.--- For the purposes of this sub-section, "unorganised sector" means any sector which
the appropriate Government may, by notification, specify.
(2) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (1), all office-bearers of a registered Trade Union,
except not more than one-third of the total number of the office-bearers or five, whichever is less, shall
be persons actually engaged or employed in the establishment or industry with which the Trade Union
is connected.
Explanation.--- For the purposes of this sub-section, an employee who has retired or has been
retrenched shall not be construed as outsider for the purpose of holding an office in a Trade Union.