[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR452.17]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 452_GENERAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE ELECTION PROVISIONS OF THE 
LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart C_Coverage of Election Provisions
 
Sec. 452.17  Officer.

    Section 3(n) of the Act defines the word ``officer'' and it is this 
definition which must be used as a guide in determining what particular 
positions in a

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labor organization are to be filled in the manner prescribed in the Act. 
For purposes of the Act, ``officer'' means ``any constitutional officer, 
any person authorized to perform the functions of president, vice 
president, secretary, treasurer, or other executive functions of a labor 
organization, and any member of its executive board or similar governing 
body.''