Singapore legislation
Clause 12
Clause 12
Persons who shall not act as officers of a society
(1)
No person shall act as an officer of a registered society or a branch thereof if —
he has, while being a member of a society, been convicted for an offence involving the unlawful expenditure of the funds of the society; or
he has been declared, in writing, by the Minister to be unfit to act as an officer of a society by reason of any conviction for a criminal offence other than that specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection, unless the written permission of the Minister so to act is first obtained.
(2)
Any person who acts in contravention of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.