Clause 29

The Commissioner shall not make any order under this Part to establish a scheme for the administration of a charity unless not less than one month previously there has been given public notice of his proposals, inviting representations to be made to him within a time specified in the notice, which shall not be less than one month from the date of the notice.

The Commissioner shall not make any order under this Part to appoint, discharge or remove a charity trustee or trustee for a charity (other than the Public Trustee), unless not less than one month previously there has been given the like public notice as is required by subsection (1) for an order establishing a scheme but this subsection shall not apply in the case of —

Before the Commissioner makes an order under this Part to remove without his consent a charity trustee or trustee for a charity, or an officer, agent or employee of a charity, the Commissioner shall, unless he cannot be found or has no known address in Singapore, give him not less than one month’s notice of the Commissioner’s proposal, inviting representations to be made to him within a time specified in the notice.

Where notice is given of any proposal as required by subsection (1), (2) or (3), the Commissioner shall take into consideration any representation made about the proposal within the time specified in the notice, and may (without further notice) proceed with the proposal either without modification or with such modification as appear to him to be desirable.

Where the Commissioner makes an order which is subject to appeal under subsection (4) of section 24, the order shall be published either by giving public notice of it or by giving notice of it to all persons entitled to appeal against it under that subsection, as the Commissioner thinks fit.

Where the Commissioner makes an order under this Part to establish a scheme for the administration of a charity, a copy of the order shall, for not less than one month after the order is published, be available for public inspection at all reasonable times at the Commissioner’s office.

Any notice to be given under this section of any proposals or order shall give such particulars of the proposals or order, or such directions for obtaining information about them, as the Commissioner thinks sufficient and appropriate, and any public notice shall be given in such manner as he thinks sufficient and appropriate.

Any notice to be given under this section, other than a public notice, may be given by post and, if given by post, may be addressed to the recipient’s last known address in Singapore.