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SECTION 6

(1) A trade union or employer's association shall not have legal existence until the day on which a certificate of registration has been issued to it by the registrar of trade unions and employers' associations. (2) Any person forming a trade union or employers' association that has not yet been registered and who acts as if the said union or association has been registered shall be liable to prosecution. (3) The registrar of trade unions and employers' association shall be a civil servant appointed by decree.

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ARTICLE 6

SECTION 3The law recognizes the right of workers and employers, without distinction whatsoever, to set up freely and without prior authorization (trade unions or employers' associations), associations for the study, defence, promotion and protection of their interests, particularly those of an economic, industrial, commercial or agricultural nature, and for the social, economic, cultural and moral advancement of their members.
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SECTION 8Every application for registration of a trade union or employers' association shall be signed by at least 20 members if it is a workers' union or at least 5 members if it is an employers' association.
SECTION 9The form under which trade unions or employers' associations shall be set up in order for them to be registered shall be fixed by decree after the recommendation of the National
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SECTION 14Any trade union, member of a trade union or person feeling aggrieved by a decision of the registrar to refuse or to cancel registration of a trade union or employers' association may, within thirty (30) days of notification of such decision, refer the matter to the competent court, the judgement of which shall be open to appeal.

Section 6 of the Labour Code /akn/cm/act/loi/1992-08-14/92-007

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