law: Trade Union Act, 1926 
  16. Constitution of a separate fund for political purposes
  
   
  (1) A registered trade union may constitute a separate fund,
  
  from contributions separately levied for or made to that fund, from which
  
  payments may be made, for the promotion of the civic and political interests of
  
  its members, in furtherance of any of the objects specified in sub-section (2).
  
  
  (2) The objects referred to in sub-section (1) are:
  (a) the payment of any expenses incurred,
  
  either directly or indirectly, by a candidate or prospective candidate for
  
  election as a member of any legislative body constituted under 19[*
  
  * *] 20[the Constitution] or of any local authority, before, during
  
  or after the election in connection with his candidature or election; or
  (b) the holding of any meeting or the
  
  distribution of any literature or documents in support of any such candidate;
  
  or
  (c) the maintenance of any person who is a
  
  member of any legislative body constituted under 19[***] 20[the
  
  Constitution] or for any local authority; or
  (d) the registration of electors or the
  
  selection of a candidate for any legislative body constituted under 19[***]
  
  20[the Constitution] or for any local authority ; or
  (e) the holding of political meetings of any
  
  kind, or the distribution of political literature or political documents of any
  
  kind.
   21  [(2A) In its application to the State of Jammu and
  
  Kashmir, references in sub-section (2) to any legislative body constituted
  
  shall be construed as including references to the Legislature of that State].
  (3) No member shall be compelled to contribute to the fund constituted
  
  under sub-section (1); and a member who does not contribute to the said fund
  
  shall not be excluded from any benefits of the trade union, or placed in any
  
  respect either directly or indirectly under any disability or at any
  
  disadvantage as compared with other members of the trade union (except in
  
  relation to the control or management of the said fund) by reason of his not
  
  contributing to the said fund; and contribution to the said fund shall not be
  
  made a condition for admission to the trade union.