Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Housing and Development (Amendment No. 2) Ordinance

Clause 2

Repeal and re-enactment of section 6

Section 6 of the Housing and Development Ordinance, 1959, is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —“Disqualification from membership and vacation of seat6.—

(1)

No person shall be eligible to be appointed or to remain a member of the Board who —

(a)

is an undischarged bankrupt;

(b)

has been convicted of an offence by a court of law in any part of the Federation and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not less than six months and has not received a free pardon; or

(c)

is a person found or declared under any written law to be of unsound mind.(2) The seat of a member of the Board shall become vacant —

(a)

on his death;

(b)

if he, without sufficient cause acceptable to the Minister, fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the Board;

(c)

if he becomes subject to any of the disqualifications specified in subsection (1) of this section; or

(d)

if he shall resign his seat.”.

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