Singapore legislation

Clause 44

of Accountants Bill

Clause 44

Constitution of Complaints Committee

(1)

A Complaints Committee shall consist of the following members, all of whom shall be appointed from the Complaints and Disciplinary Panel:

(a)

3 public accountants; and

(b)

one lay person.

(2)

The Registrar shall designate one member of the Complaints Committee who is a public accountant to be its chairman.

(3)

A Complaints Committee may be appointed in connection with one or more matters or for a fixed period of time, as the Registrar thinks fit.

(4)

The Registrar may at any time remove the chairman or any member of a Complaints Committee or fill any vacancy in a Complaints Committee.

(5)

No act done by or under the authority of a Complaints Committee shall be invalid in consequence of any defect that is subsequently discovered in the appointment or qualification of the chairman or members or any of them.

(6)

A member of a Complaints Committee shall, notwithstanding that he has ceased to be a member of the Complaints and Disciplinary Panel on the expiry of his term of office, continue to be a member of the Complaints Committee until such time as the Complaints Committee has completed its work.

Clause 44 — Accountants Bill | laws.sg