Funds of trade unions, etc., how to be handled

(1) A trade union or an employers’ organisation shall have powers to apply the funds of the trade union or the employers’ organisation to any lawful objects or purposes authorised under its Constitution and the law. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section, all funds received by or on behalf of the trade union or employers’ organisation shall be credited to the account of the trade union or employers’ organisation, and for this purpose the officers of the trade union or employers’ organisation may open an account at such bank or financial institution in Belize as they may determine from time to time. (3) Expenditures lawfully incurred by or on behalf of a trade union or an employers’ organisation shall be evidenced by a written receipt or voucher, which shall be retained on file for accounting purposes. (4) The treasurer or other officer responsible for the custody of the trade union or employers’ organisation’s funds and other property, including any records related thereto, shall hand over such funds, property or records to any specified officer or person when requested to do so by the governing body of the trade union or employers’ organisation, or when leaving the service of the trade union or employers’ (5) Any officer, representative or member of a trade union or an employers’ organisation may make application to the Supreme Court for the enforcement of any provision of this Trade Unions and Employers; Organisations (Registration, 22 Recognition and Status) section, and the Supreme Court may make such orders in relation thereto as it may think just and equitable.