Singapore legislation
Section 14
Section 14
Powers of Board
(1)
The Board shall have power at any time and from time to time to delegate its authority to a member or members of the Board or to appoint any person being a representative of a member organisation to fill a casual vacancy on the Board, and any person so appointed shall hold office so long as the member in whose place he is appointed would have held office.
(2)
The Board may co-opt any person to be a member of the Board with the rights of an ordinary member:Provided that —
such members shall not exceed at any time 4 in number;
co-opted members shall not be included for the purposes of a quorum as provided in section 16(2); and
they hold office until the next annual general meeting after their co-option to the Board.
(3)
The Board may —
make rules to regulate the proceedings of the Council and of the Board;
appoint committees the members of which may or may not be member organisations of the Council and allocate duties to and regulate the exercise of executive power by the committees;
appoint such officers and employees as it thinks fit and regulate the conduct and dismissal of such officers and employees;
make recommendations to the Council for the nomination of patrons and admit member organisations and associate members to the Council;
organise classes, lectures, courses and symposia on subjects falling within the objects of the Council;
disseminate information about the Council by selling or distributing books, pamphlets and papers;
enter into contracts, establish trusts and generally regulate the transaction of all business connected with the Council;
receive subscriptions, donations, interest, dividends and contributions from the Government and from any other persons and bodies;
raise funds by all lawful means;
utilise the corpus and income of the Fund in such manner as the Board may think fit in carrying out the objects of the Council; and
generally do all such other acts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.