Singapore legislation
Schedule 2
Schedule 2
Proceedings of the Councils of Management Corporations
SECOND SCHEDULESection 50(7).Proceedings of the Councils of Management CorporationsChairman to preside at meetings
1. The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the council at which he is present and, if he is absent from any such meeting, the members of the council present at that meeting shall appoint one of their number to preside at that meeting during the absence of the chairman.Meetings of councils2.—
At any meeting of a council a quorum shall consist, where there is only one member of a council, of that member or, where there are two or more members of a council, of the majority of the members of the council.(2) Subject to this Act, the decision on any matter, where there is only one member of a council, of that member or, where there are two or more members of a council, of the majority of the members voting on that matter shall be the decision of the council at any meeting at which a quorum is present.(3) A council shall cause a record of its decisions, of any notices given to its secretary under section 54(3), and full and accurate minutes of its meetings, to be kept.Keeping of records3.—
The council shall keep minutes of its proceedings and shall cause minutes of general meetings to be kept.(2) The council shall —
cause proper books of account to be kept in respect of all sums of money received and expended by it, specifying the matters in relation to which the receipts and expenditure take place; and
on the application of a subsidiary proprietor or mortgagee of a lot (or any person authorised in writing by him) make the books of account available for inspection at all reasonable times.(3) The council shall permit the Commissioner or any person authorised by him to act on his behalf at all reasonable times full and free access to accounting and other records of the corporation and permit the Commissioner or such person to make copies of or make extracts from any such accounting or other records.Notice of council meetings
4. For not less than 24 hours ending immediately before a council holds a meeting, it shall cause a notice of its intention to hold the meeting, containing the agenda for the meeting, to be displayed on the notice-board of the management corporation.Subsidiary proprietor’s attendance at council meetings
5. A subsidiary proprietor shall be entitled to attend a meeting of the council but may not address the meeting except with the permission of the council.Acts, etc., of council valid notwithstanding vacancy, etc.
6. Any act or proceeding of a council done in good faith shall, notwithstanding that at the time when the act or proceeding was done, taken or commenced there was —
a vacancy in the office of a member of the council; or
any defect in the appointment, or any disqualification of any such member,be as valid as if the vacancy, defect or disqualification did not exist and the council were fully and properly constituted.