Singapore legislation
Section 55
Section 55
Fees payable by members of Institute
(1)
Every member shall pay to the Institute, on admission and thereafter, annually or at such other intervals as the Council may decide, such fees as may be prescribed by the Council, from time to time.
(2)
The Council may prescribe different fees payable by different classes of members.
(3)
The Council may remove from the appropriate register the name of any member who is in arrears for 6 months or more in the payment of any prescribed fees.
(4)
On notice of such removal under the hand of the Secretary of the Institute being delivered to the member referred to in subsection (3) or posted to his registered postal address, he shall cease to be a member of the Institute.
(5)
Any member whose name is so removed from the register may, at any time within 12 months from the date of the notice of the removal referred to in subsection (4), pay to the Council all fees which are in arrears or which would have been in arrears if he had continued to be a member of the Institute together with such penalty as may be prescribed from time to time by the Council and shall thereupon be entitled to have his name restored to the register.
(6)
On restoration to the register, the member shall be deemed to be re-admitted as a member of the Institute.[40