s 28 Membership of minors and Government employees
28.—(1) A person above the age of 16 years may be a member of a registered trade union, unless provision is made in the rules thereof to the contrary, and may, subject to the rules of the trade union and subsection (2), enjoy all the rights of a member and execute all instruments and give all acquittances necessary to be executed or given under the rules. (1A) In relation to a combined federation, subsection (1) does not affect any requirement under the Platform Workers Act 2024 relating to the minimum age of any member of a registered platform work association which is a constituent of the combined federation.[Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/01/2025] (2) A member of a registered trade union who is under the age of 21 years, but above the age of 18 years, shall not be a member of the executive or a trustee of the trade union unless he has obtained the written approval of the Minister therefor. (3) No Government employee shall join or be a member of any trade union or shall be accepted as a member by any trade union. (4) The President may, by notification in the Gazette, exempt from subsection (3) either wholly or subject to such conditions as are in such notification specified, any Government employees or any classes, categories or descriptions of Government employees.