Section 25: Annual return to Registrar

25. Annual return to Registrar (1) Every trade union shall, not later than 4 months after its accounting date, submit to the Registrar an annual return in the approved form which shall include— (a) certified copies of the statements of receipts and payments and of the assets and liabilities referred to in section 24; and (b) a list of members of the managing committee, including its office bearers and the auditors and the appointed negotiators for the accounting period in respect of which the return is submitted. (2) Every trade union shall submit to the Registrar, not later than the end of February of each year, a return containing the names of its president, secretary and treasurer and the number of its members as at 31 December of the preceding year. (3) The Registrar shall publish in the Gazette and in 2 daily newspapers the return submitted under subsection (2), together with information on the name, registration number, year of registration and address of the registered office of every registered trade union. (4) The Registrar shall, at all reasonable times, issue to any interested party, against payment of a prescribed fee, a copy of all returns sent to him under this section.