Singapore legislation
Section 78
Section 78
Board of Review
(1)
For the purpose of hearing appeals in the manner hereinafter provided, there is to be a Board of Review (called in this Part the Board) consisting of not more than 30 members appointed from time to time by the Minister.
(2)
Members of the Board hold office for such period as may be determined by the Minister and are eligible for re‑appointment.
(3)
The Minister may at any time remove any member of the Board from office without assigning any reason.
(4)
A member may resign his or her office by written notice to the Minister.
(5)
The Minister may appoint from amongst the members of the Board —
a Chairperson of the Board; and
such number of Deputy Chairpersons of the Board as the Minister thinks fit.
(6)
No person may be appointed as Chairperson of the Board or Deputy Chairperson of the Board unless the person is either qualified to be a District Judge or is an accountant.
(7)
Meetings of the Board are to be presided by —
the Chairperson of the Board;
in the absence of the Chairperson of the Board —
where there is only one Deputy Chairperson of the Board present, the Deputy Chairperson; and
where there is more than one Deputy Chairperson of the Board present, such Deputy Chairperson as may be chosen by the Deputy Chairpersons present; and
where neither the Chairperson of the Board nor any Deputy Chairperson of the Board is present, such member of the Board as may be chosen by the members present.
(8)
The Minister may appoint a secretary or secretaries to the Board and such other officers and employees of the Board as may be necessary.
(9)
All the powers, functions and duties of the Board may be exercised, discharged and performed by any committee of the Board consisting of not less than 3 members of the Board, at least one of whom must be the Chairperson of the Board or a Deputy Chairperson of the Board.
(10)
Any act, finding or decision of any such committee is deemed to be the act, finding or decision of the Board.
(11)
The secretary must, from time to time, summon such members of the Board as may be nominated by the Chairperson to constitute a committee of the Board for the purposes of giving effect to the provisions of this Part, and it is the duty of such members to attend at the times and places specified in the summons.
(12)
Meetings of a committee are to be presided by —
where the Chairperson of the Board is a member of the committee, the Chairperson;
where the Chairperson of the Board is not a member of the committee and —
there is only one Deputy Chairperson of the Board on the committee, the Deputy Chairperson; or
there is more than one Deputy Chairperson of the Board on the committee, such Deputy Chairperson as the Chairperson may determine.
(13)
Where the Chairperson of the Board or any Deputy Chairperson of the Board (as the case may be) is absent from any meeting of a committee at which he or she ought under subsection (12) to be presiding, the meeting is to be presided by —
where there is only one Deputy Chairperson who is a member of the committee present, the Deputy Chairperson;
where there is more than one Deputy Chairperson who is a member of the committee present, such Deputy Chairperson as may be chosen by the Deputy Chairpersons present; and
where there is no Deputy Chairperson who is a member of the committee present, such member of the Board as may be chosen by the members present.
(14)
All matters coming before the Board or a committee of the Board at any sitting thereof must be decided by a majority of votes of the members of the Board present, and, in the event of an equality of votes, the Chairperson of the Board, the Deputy Chairperson of the Board or such other member as may be presiding (as the case may be) has a second or casting vote.
(15)
Members of the Board are entitled to receive such remuneration and such travelling and subsistence allowances as the Minister may determine.
(16)
The Minister may make regulations —
prescribing the manner in which appeals are to be made to the Board;
prescribing the procedure to be adopted by the Board in hearing appeals and the records to be kept by the Board;
prescribing the places where and the times at which appeals are to be heard by the Board;
prescribing the fees to be paid in respect of any appeal under this Part;
prescribing a scale of costs in respect of appeals to the Board; and
generally for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Part.