Singapore legislation
Section 26
Section 26
Committee of Board
(1)
All the powers, functions and duties of the Board may be exercised, discharged and performed by any committee of the Board consisting of at least 3 members of the Board, at least one of whom must be the Chairperson or a Deputy Chairperson of the Board.
(2)
Any act, finding or decision of any such committee is deemed to be the act, finding or decision of the Board.
(3)
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.
(4)
Meetings of a committee must be presided by —
where the Chairperson of the Board is a member of the committee, the Chairperson; and
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.
(5)
Where the Chairperson 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 (4) to be presiding, the meeting must 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 as may be chosen by the members present.