Singapore legislation
Clause 146
Clause 146
First election to the Council
(1)
The Bar Committee shall organise and conduct the first election of members of the Council and the provisions of subsection (3) of section 56 of this Act shall subject to the provisions of this section apply to such election.
(2)
For the purposes of such election all references in this Act to the Council shall be deemed to be references to the Bar Committee who shall publish the notice referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 56 of this Act within one month of the date of the coming into operation of this section.
(3)
The number of persons to be elected at such election shall be in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of section 54 of this Act.
(4)
The persons entitled to vote at such election shall be —
for the election of members under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 54 of this Act, every advocate and solicitor of not less than seven years’ standing who has in force a practising certificate on the day this section comes into operation; and
for the election of members under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 54 of this Act, every advocate and solicitor of less than seven years’ standing who has in force a practising certificate on the day this section comes into operation.
(5)
Every nomination of a candidate for such election —
shall be a person qualified to be a candidate under the provisions of section 54 of this Act;
shall be in writing signed by not less than five persons similarly qualified under the provisions of section 54 of this Act as the candidate nominated; and
shall name only one candidate and his consent shall be endorsed thereon.
(6)
The persons elected in accordance with the provisions of this section shall together with the persons deemed to be statutory members under section 147 of this Act constitute the first Council of the Society, in this Part of this Act referred to as the “first Council”.
(7)
The Bar Committee shall convene a meeting of the first Council to be held within fourteen days of the election held under the provisions of this section and at such meeting the first Council shall elect a President and Vice-President of the Society, and the Chairman of the Bar Committee shall thereupon certify to the Minister the names of the officers so elected and the names of members of the first Council.