Singapore legislation
Section 5
Section 5
Vacancy in Board
(1)
The office of an appointed member becomes vacant if —
the member dies;
the member’s term of office expires;
the member resigns by written notice to the Minister;
the member ceases to satisfy the qualifications referred to in section 3 by virtue of which the member was eligible for appointment; or
the member is removed from office under section 4.
(2)
Upon the office of an appointed member becoming vacant, the Minister must appoint a person to the vacant office, and the person so appointed holds office for the remainder of the term for which the person’s predecessor would have held office if the vacancy had not occurred.
(3)
The Board may act despite any vacancy in the Board.
(4)
No act done by or by the authority of the Board is invalid in consequence of any defect that is afterwards discovered in the appointment of the members or any of them.