(1) Any union which has for the whole of the period of1[three calendar months immediately preceding the calendar month in which it so applies] under this section a membership of2[not less than twenty-five percent] of the total number of employees employed in any industry in any local area may apply in the prescribed form to the Registrar for registration as a Representative Union for such industry in such local area.
(2) If in any local area no Representative Union has been registered in respect of an industry a union which has for the whole of the period of1[three calendar months immediately preceding the calendar month in which it so applies] under this section a membership of not less than five per cent of the total number of employees employed in such industry in the said area may apply in the prescribed form to the Registrar for registration as a Qualified Union for such industry in such local area.
(3) If in any local area, neither a Representative Union nor a Qualified Union has been registered in respect of an industry, a union having a membership of not less than fifteen per cent of the total number of employees employed in any undertaking in such industry in the said area and complying with the condition specified in section 23 as necessary for its being placed on the approved list may apply in the prescribed form to the Registrar for registration as a Primary Union for such industry in such local area.
3[(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, if a union makes a fresh application for registration as a Representative Union, Qualified Union, or as the case may be, Primary Union, before a previous application for such registration has been finally disposed of by the Registrar, the Registrar shall not entertain such application.]
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1. These words were substituted for the words "three months next preceding the date of its so applying" by Bom. 63 of 1953, s. 3.
2. These words were substituted for the words "not less than fifteen per cent" by Mah. 22 of 1965, s. 7(a)
3. This sub-section was added by Mah. 22 of 1965, s. 7(b).