Singapore legislation
Section 9
Section 9
Constitution of Council
(1)
For the purposes of this Act there shall be established a Council of the Society consisting of the following members:
the Accountant-General;
a representative of the Ministry of Finance to be appointed by the Minister;
eight public accountants to be elected by the members of the Society who are registered under the provisions of this Act as public accountants;
eight registered accountants to be elected by the members of the Society who are registered under the provisions of this Act as registered accountants; and
a representative of the National University of Singapore established by the National University of Singapore Act [Cap. 204] to be appointed by the Minister on the nomination of the Council of the National University of Singapore.
(2)
The Minister may by notification in the Gazette vary the constitution of the Council to the extent of providing for the appointment of two additional members each of whom shall be a representative of a university or other educational institution which provides courses of instruction in accountancy at the professional level.
(3)
The President and the Vice-President of the Society shall be elected by the Council from among its members and in the event of any casual vacancy arising in respect of the office of the President or of the Vice-President of the Society, the Council shall at its next meeting or as soon as possible thereafter elect one of its members to fill the vacancy.
(4)
The President of the Society shall be the Chairman of the Council and shall preside at all its meeting. In the absence of the President of the Society at any meeting of the Council, the Vice-President of the Society shall preside and in the absence of the President and the Vice-President of the Society at any such meeting the Council shall elect a Chairman from among its members.
(5)
If for any reason the Accountant-General is unable to attend any meeting of the Council, he may nominate a representative to attend the meeting and his representative shall, when so attending, be deemed for all purposes to be a member of the Council.