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TRADE UNION ACT 1871 - SECT 12

Punishment for withholding money, &c.

12. If any officer, member, or other person being or representing himself to
be a member of a trade union registered under this Act, or the nominee,
executor, administrator, or assignee of a member thereof, or any person
whatsoever, by false representation or imposition obtain possession of any
moneys, securities, books, papers, or other effects of such trade union, or,
having the same in his possession, wilfully withhold or fraudulently misapply
the same, or wilfully apply any part of the same to purposes other than those
expressed or directed in the rules of such trade union, or any part thereof,
the court of summary jurisdiction for the place in which the registered office
of the trade union is situate, upon a complaint made by any person on behalf
of such trade union, or by the registrar, ... or of the trade union, with his
concurrence, may, by summary order, order such officer, member, or other
person to deliver up all such moneys, securities, books, papers, or other
effects to the trade union, or to repay the amount of money applied
improperly, and to pay, if the court think fit, a further sum of money not
exceeding twenty pounds, together with costs not exceeding [#1]; and, in
default of such delivery of effects, or repayment of such amount of money, or
payment of such penalty and costs aforesaid, the said court may order the said
person so convicted to be imprisoned, ... for any time not exceeding three
months: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the said
trade union ... from proceeding by indictment against the said party; provided
also, that no person shall be proceeded against by indictment if a conviction
shall have been previously obtained for the same offence under the provisions
of this Act.

Regulations for registry.

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