Singapore legislation
Clause 87
Clause 87
Special features of employer of Auxiliary Police Force
(1)
No employer of an Auxiliary Police Force (other than the Government) shall be merged or consolidated with, or taken over by —
any other employer of an Auxiliary Police Force; or
any other person (not being such an employer),without the prior written approval of the Minister.
(2)
For the purposes of subsection (1), the Minister may prescribe in the Auxiliary Police Forces Regulations the circumstances under which an employer of an Auxiliary Police Force would be considered to be merged or consolidated with, or taken over by, any other person.
(3)
No employer of an Auxiliary Police Force (other than the Government or a statutory body) shall, on or after the appointed day, appoint a person as its chief executive officer unless it has obtained the prior approval of the Commissioner.
(4)
Unless the Minister otherwise approves, the chief executive officer of an employer of an Auxiliary Police Force and at least one-half of its directors shall be citizens of Singapore.
(5)
No chief executive officer of an employer of an Auxiliary Police Force who was appointed before the appointed day shall be permitted by the employer to act as such on or after that day unless —
his appointment as chief executive officer of the employer was approved by the Commissioner before that day; or
his appointment as chief executive officer of the employer is approved by the Commissioner on a written application by the employer made within 6 months after the appointed day, or such longer period as the Commissioner may allow.
(6)
Where the Commissioner does not approve the appointment of a person as chief executive officer under subsection (3) or (5), the employer of an Auxiliary Police Force concerned shall immediately remove the person from such office.
(7)
This section shall have effect notwithstanding the provisions of any other written law or of the memorandum or articles of association, or other constitution, of a company.
(8)
In this section —
Definition
“chief executive officer”, in relation to a company or an organisation that is the employer of an Auxiliary Police Force, means the person principally responsible for the management and conduct of any type of business of the company or organisation in Singapore, and includes any person for the time being performing all or any of the functions or duties of a chief executive officer;
Definition
“director” has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the Companies Act (Cap. 50).