(1) On the expiry of the period of notice under sub-section (1) of section 17, the Registrar shall call for necessary information from the union making the application for recognition under subsection (1) of the said section and the representative union in Form E and may call for such registers and other documents as he may consider necessary in this behalf.
On receipt of the information called for under sub-rule (1) and after giving both the parties an opportunity of being heard, the Registrar shall pass orders accepting or rejecting the application giving reasons therefore.
The Registrar shall communicate his decision to the applicant union and also to the representative union as soon as practicable.
18. The fee payable in respect of an application for re- recognition under section 18 shall be rupees ten, to be paid in cash.
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19. Every representative union shall on or before the 20th day of each month deliver personally in office or forward by registered post to the Registrar a periodical return of its membership in Form F as required by section 21.
20. Every employer in any industry in the local area to which the Act applies shall before the tenth day of every month forward to the Registrar a statement in Form G showing correctly the number of persons employed on the first working day jof the month.
21. The Registrar may call upon any employer or any union to produce such documents and supply such further information as he may deem fit to prove that the information supplied under rules 19 and 20 is correct.