(a) It is not the purpose of the Act to impose on foreign labor
organizations any regulation of the activities they carry on under the
laws of the countries in which they are domiciled or have their
principal place of business. The applicability of the Act is limited to
the activities of persons or organizations within the territorial
jurisdiction of the United States. The foregoing would be applicable,
for example, to Canadian locals affiliated with international labor
organizations organized within the United States.
(b) On the other hand, labor organizations otherwise subject to the
Act are not relieved of the requirements imposed upon them with respect
to actions taken by them in the United States or which will have effect
in the United States, by virtue of the fact that they have foreign
members or affiliates that participate in these actions. For example, a
national or international labor organization which conducts its required
election of officers by referendum or at a convention of delegates must
comply with the election provisions of the Act, \16\ even though members
of foreign locals participate in the balloting, or delegates of foreign
locals participate in the election at the convention.
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\16\ See Sec. 452.13 of this chapter.
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(c) Similarly, the provisions of the Act with respect to imposition
of trusteeships \17\ are applicable to United States national or
international labor organizations subject to this Act even though the
action of the United States organization is taken with respect to a
foreign local.
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\17\ See title III of the Act.
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