67. Legislation relating to societies and companies not applicable to trade unions.

(1) The Societies Act, 1966, and of any other written law providing for the registration or recording of societies shall not apply to a trade union registered under this Act, and the registration under any such written law of a trade union shall thereupon be deemed to have been cancelled and of no effect for the purposes of this Act.

(2) No association or combination of workmen or employers having among its objects one or more of the objects set out in paragraph (c) of the definition of "trade union" in section 2 (1) other than the regulation of relations between workmen and workmen or between employers and employers as the case maybe, shall be registered as a society under the Societies Act, 1966 or under any other written law providing for the registration or recording of societies; and any such association or combination (not being a registered trade union or exempt from this section by any order made under subsection (4)) shall be deemed to be an unlawful society for the purposes of such Act and such other written law.

(3) No company registered under any written law relating to companies in Malaysia shall be eligible to apply for registration as a trade union; and no trade union shall be registered as a company under any such written law, and any such registration shall thereupon be deemed to have cancelled and of no effect for the purposes of this Act. (4) The Minister may by order exempt, either absolutely or subject to such conditions as he may think fit, any association or combination of workmen or employers from all or any of the provisions of this section.