Registration of trade unions

(1) Every trade union to which this Act applies shall be registered under this Act. (2) It shall be deemed to be a sufficient compliance with the provisions of this section if the Registrar, by writing under his hand, permits any person named therein to take the necessary steps for the formation of a trade union and if such 9 trade union is in fact registered within six months of such permission being given as aforesaid. (3) Any seven or more members of a trade union may by subscribing their names to the rules of the union and otherwise complying with the provisions of this Act with respect to registration, register such trade union under this Act. (4) If any of the purposes of a trade union be unlawful, such trade union shall not be registrable and if it should be registered such registration shall be void. (5) In the event of any contravention of the provisions of this section, every secretary, trustee, member of committee or other officer of an unregistered trade union commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five dollars for every day during which such trade union remains unregistered.