Tuesday 29 June 2021

TRADE UNION ACT 1871

 TRADE UNION ACT 1871 CHAPTER XXXI. 

An Act to amend the Law relating to Trade Unions. [29th June 1871.] 

Preliminary. 

Short title. 

1. This Act may be cited as “The Trade Union Act, 1871.” Criminal Provisions. Trade union not criminal. 

2. The purposes of any trade union shall not, by reason merely that they are in restraint of trade, be deemed to be unlawful so as to render any member of such trade union liable to criminal prosecution for conspiracy or otherwise. Trade union not unlawful for civil purposes. 

3. The purposes of any trade union shall not, by reason merely that they are in restraint of trade, be unlawful so as to render void or voidable any agreement or trust.

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