Singapore legislation
Clause 5
Clause 5
Powers of governing boards of schools
(1)
A governing board shall have power to conduct the school named in the order made under section 3(1) incorporating that governing board.
(2)
Subject to the provisions of this Act and any order made under section 3(1), the governing board of the school shall have power to do anything which appears to it to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of or in connection with the conduct of the school, including in particular power —
to assume the conduct of the school as from the date of incorporation specified in the order relating to the school and for that purpose to receive any property, rights and to assume any liability and obligation for which the governing board agrees to accept responsibility;
to acquire and dispose of land and other property;
to enter into contracts, including in particular contracts for the employment of teachers and other staff;
to borrow moneys for the purposes of meeting the expenses of conducting the school or any liability and obligation of the governing board;
to grant any mortgage, charge or other security in respect of any land;
to invest any sums not immediately required for the purposes of meeting the expenses of conducting the school or any liability of the governing board; and
to accept gifts of money, land or other property and apply it, or hold or administer it on trust, for any such purposes.
(3)
Without prejudice to subsection (2), but subject to the provisions of an order made under section 3(1) for the conduct of the school, the governing board shall also have power to provide education at the school.