Singapore legislation

Clause 3

of Professional Engineers (Amendment) Bill

Clause 3

Amendment of section 20

Section 20 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(c)the articles of association of the corporation provide that the chairman and at least two-thirds of the directors of the corporation shall be registered professional engineers or allied professionals;”;

(b)

by deleting paragraph (d) of subsection (1);

(c)

by inserting, at the end of sub-paragraph (i) of subsection (1)(e), the word “and”;

(d)

by deleting sub-paragraph (iii) of subsection (1)(e);

(e)

by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(a)the memorandum of association of the corporation provides that a primary object of the corporation is to supply such professional engineering services;

(b)

the articles of association of the corporation provide that —

(i)

no person shall be a director of the corporation unless he is a registered professional engineer or an allied professional; and

(ii)

no person shall be registered as a member of that corporation —

(A)

unless he is a registered professional engineer or an allied professional and a director, a manager or an employee of the corporation; or

(B)

if he is a nominee of a person who is not a registered professional engineer or an allied professional; and”;”;

(f)

by deleting the words “subsections (1)(c) and (2)(b) and (c)” in subsection (4)(a) and substituting the words “subsection (2)(b) and (c)”; and

(g)

by deleting “(d)(ii),” in subsection (4)(b).