Singapore legislation
Clause 30
Clause 30
Compensation Board
(1)
For the purpose of determining disputes as to any entitlement to, or the quantum of, compensation payable under this Act for the requisition or acquisition of any property or services or for work or services performed or carried on the direction or order of the competent authority, there shall be constituted one or more Compensation Boards consisting of a Commissioner or an Assistant Commissioner of Compensation Board and two other members selected by the Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner from the panel of members constituted in accordance with this section.
(2)
The Commissioner and an Assistant Commissioner of a Compensation Board shall be appointed by the Minister but no person shall be eligible for appointment unless he possesses the qualifications required for a District Judge under section 9(3) of the Subordinate Courts Act (Cap. 14).
(3)
The Minister may appoint such number of Assistant Commissioners as he thinks fit.
(4)
The Commissioner or an Assistant Commissioner shall hold office for a period of two years from the date of his appointment and shall be eligible for re-appointment.
(5)
For the purpose of enabling a Compensation Board to be constituted, there shall be a panel of members which shall be appointed by the Minister. The panel shall consist of such number of persons as the Minister may think fit and the name of every person appointed to the panel shall be published in the Gazette.
(6)
No person shall be eligible to be appointed or to remain a Commissioner, an Assistant Commissioner or a member of the panel if he —
is an undischarged bankrupt;
has been sentenced to imprisonment for a term exceeding 6 months and has not received a free pardon; or
is a person found or declared under any written law to be of unsound mind.
(7)
A person appointed to the panel shall, save where his appointment is revoked by the Minister under subsection (9), be a member of the panel, unless he resigns during the period of the appointment, for a period of two years, but shall be eligible for re-appointment.
(8)
Where a person ceases to be a member of the panel, the Minister shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, take steps to fill the vacancy, but the existence of any vacancy in the panel shall not invalidate the acts of a Compensation Board.
(9)
The Minister may at any time revoke the appointment of a member of the panel.
(10)
There shall be paid to the members of the Compensation Board such salaries, fees and allowances as the Minister may determine.