Clause 25

that there is or has been any misconduct or mismanagement in the administration of the charity; and

that it is necessary or desirable to act for the purpose of protecting the property of the charity or securing a proper application for the purposes of the charity of that property or of property coming to the charity,the Commissioner may, with the consent of the Attorney-General, do one or more of the following things:

by order remove any trustee, charity trustee, officer, agent or employee of the charity who has been responsible for or privy to the misconduct or mismanagement or has by his conduct contributed to it or facilitated it;

by order establish a scheme for the administration of the charity;

notwithstanding anything in the trusts of the charity, by order restrict the transactions which may be entered into, or the nature or amount of the payments which may be made, in the administration of the charity without his approval.

that there is or has been any misconduct or mismanagement in the administration of the charity; or

that it is necessary or desirable to act for the purpose of protecting the property of the charity or securing a proper application for the purposes of the charity of that property or of property coming to the charity,the Commissioner may, with the consent of the Attorney-General, do one or more of the following things:

by order suspend any trustee, charity trustee, officer, agent or employee of the charity from the exercise of his office or employment pending consideration being given to his removal (whether under this section or otherwise);

by order appoint such number of additional charity trustees as he considers necessary for the proper administration of the charity;

by order vest any property held by or in trust for the charity in the Public Trustee, or require the persons in whom any such property is vested to transfer it to the Public Trustee, or appoint any person to transfer any such property to him;

order any person who holds any property on behalf of the charity, or of any trustee for it, not to part with the property without the approval of the Commissioner;

order any debtor of the charity not to make any payment in or towards the discharge of his liability to the charity without the approval of the Commissioner;

by order restrict (notwithstanding anything in the trusts of the charity) the transactions which may be entered into, or the nature or amount of the payments which may be made, in the administration of the charity without the approval of the Commissioner;

by order appoint (in accordance with section 26) a receiver and manager in respect of the property and affairs of the charity.

has been convicted of an offence involving dishonesty, fraud or moral turpitude;

is a bankrupt;

is a corporation in liquidation;

is incapable of acting by reason of mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Disorders and Treatment Act [Cap. 178];

has not acted, and will not declare his willingness or unwillingness to act; or

is outside Singapore or cannot be found or does not act, and his absence or failure to act impedes the proper administration of the charity.

in place of a charity trustee removed by him under this section or otherwise;

where there are no charity trustees, or where by reason of vacancies in their number or the absence or incapacity of any of their number the charity cannot apply for the appointment;

where there is a single charity trustee, not being a corporation, and the Commissioner is of the opinion that it is necessary to increase the number for the proper administration of the charity; or

where the Commissioner is of the opinion that it is necessary for the proper administration of the charity to have an additional charity trustee, because one of the existing charity trustees who ought nevertheless to remain a charity trustee cannot be found or does not act or is outside Singapore.