Singapore legislation
Clause 6
Clause 6
Constitution of the Board
(1)
The Board shall consist of —
the Attorney-General;
a Judge of the High Court nominated by the Chief Justice;
two advocates and solicitors nominated by the Minister;
three advocates and solicitors nominated by the Society;
the Dean of the Faculty; and
two members of the Faculty nominated by the Faculty.
(2)
The members of the Board, other than the Attorney-General and the Dean of the Faculty, shall be nominated to hold office for three years:Provided that in the first instance —
one of the advocates and solicitors nominated by the Minister shall hold office for two years and the other for three years;
the three advocates and solicitors nominated by the Society shall hold office one for one year, one for two years and one for three years; and
one of the members nominated by the Faculty shall hold office for one year and the other for two years.
(3)
If for any reason the Attorney-General or the Dean of the Faculty is unable to attend a particular meeting of the Board he may nominate some other legal officer or some other member of the Faculty, as the case may be, to attend such meeting and when so attending such alternate member shall be deemed for all purposes to be a member of the Board.
(4)
The persons nominated under subsection (1) of this section shall be eligible for re-nomination.
(5)
When any vacancy in the Board occurs by death, resignation, insanity, bankruptcy or otherwise the Board shall as soon as practicable take the necessary action to have the vacancy filled by the appropriate authority.
(6)
Any casual vacancy arising among the nominated members shall be filled by nomination by the appropriate authority and any such new member shall hold office for so long as the member in whose place he is appointed would have held office.
(7)
The validity of any proceedings of the Board shall not be affected by any vacancy among the members thereof or by any defect in the appointment thereof.