---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 452.50"
title: "29"
number: "452.50"
heading: "Disqualification as a result of disciplinary action."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/452.50"
---

# §452.50. Disqualification as a result of disciplinary action.


[Section 401(e)](/cfr/29/401.md?p=e) was not intended to limit the right of a labor organization to take disciplinary action against members guilty of misconduct. So long as such action is conducted in accordance with [section 101(a)(5)](/cfr/29/101.md?p=a-5), a union may, for example, if its constitution and bylaws so provide, bar from office for a period of time any member who is guilty of specific acts, such as strikebreaking, detrimental to the union as an institution. However, if a union has improperly disciplined a member and barred him from candidacy, the Secretary may, in an appropriate case, treat him as a member in good standing entitled to all of the rights of members guaranteed by title IV.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 401, 402, 73 Stat. 532, 534 (29 U.S.C. 481, 482); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16, 2012.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 18324, July 9, 1973, unless otherwise noted.