Singapore legislation
Clause 4
Clause 4
New section 11A
The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting immediately after section 11 thereof the following new section: —“Persons prohibited from acting as officers of an organisation11A.—
No person shall act as an officer of a mutual benefit organisation or manage or assist in the management of such organisation if —
he has been convicted of any offence involving dishonesty or moral turpitude and has not received a free pardon; or
he has been convicted of any other offence and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not less than one year or to a fine of not less than two thousand dollars and has not received a free pardon, unless the written permission of the Minister so to act is first obtained.(2) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of subsection (1) 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 not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.”.