Singapore legislation
Clause 2
Clause 2
Amendment of section 5
Section 5 of the Hindu Endowments Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended —
by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) The Board shall consist of —
a Chairman;
a Vice-Chairman;
a Finance member; and
not less than 8 and not more than 12 other members,all of whom shall be appointed by the Minister.”; and
by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:“(3) The members of the Board shall be eligible for reappointment except that a Finance member shall not be appointed for more than two consecutive terms as a Finance member but may, at the end of the second consecutive term, be appointed in any capacity in the Board except as a Finance member.”.