Clause 4

Every registered professional engineer who has in force a practising certificate on the day of election of candidates as members of the Board under section 4(2)(c) shall vote for the election of such members at such time and in such manner as may be prescribed.(2) Every registered professional engineer who is required to vote for the election of the members of the Board in accordance with subsection (1) and who fails to do so shall not be entitled to apply for a practising certificate unless he —

satisfies the Registrar that he had a good and sufficient reason for not voting at the election; or

pays to the Board a penalty prescribed by the Board.President of Board4B.—

The Board shall have a President who shall be elected by the members of the Board from among its members —

who have been elected under section 4(2)(c) or appointed under section 4(4); or

who have been appointed under section 4(2)(d).(2) The President elected under subsection (1) shall serve for a term not extending beyond the expiration of the term for which he has been appointed or elected to be a member of the Board and shall be eligible for re-election for not more than 2 consecutive terms.Disqualifications for membership of Board4C. A person shall not be qualified to be a member of the Board if —

he is neither a citizen nor a permanent resident of Singapore;

he is an undischarged bankrupt or has made any arrangement or composition with his creditors;

he has been convicted of any offence involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude, or of any other offence implying a defect in character which makes him unfit for the engineering profession;

he is of unsound mind or is incapacitated by physical illness; or

he has at any time after due inquiry been found guilty by a Disciplinary Committee of improper conduct.Filling of vacancies4D.—

The office of a member of the Board shall become vacant if the member —

dies;

resigns or is removed from office; or

becomes in any manner disqualified for office within the meaning of section 4C.(2) The Board may, with the approval of the Minister, remove from office any member of the Board who is absent without leave of the Board from 3 consecutive ordinary meetings of —

the Board; or

a Disciplinary Committee of which he is a member.(3) Any question as to whether a person has ceased to be a member of the Board shall be determined by the Minister whose decision shall be final.(4) If any vacancy arises among the elected or appointed members, the Minister shall, as soon as practicable, appoint any registered professional engineer to fill that vacancy.(5) Any person appointed to fill the vacancy shall hold office for the residue of the term for which his predecessor was elected or appointed.(6) The powers of the Board shall not be affected by any vacancy in its membership.(7) No act done by or under the authority of the Board shall be invalid in consequence of any defect that is afterwards discovered in the appointment, election or qualification of the members or any of them.Meetings and quorum of Board4E.—

At any meeting of the Board, 8 members shall form a quorum and no business shall be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum is present.(2) At any meeting of the Board, the President shall preside and in his absence the members present shall elect from among themselves one member to preside over the meeting.(3) If on any question to be determined by the Board there is an equality of votes, the President or the member presiding over that meeting shall have a casting vote. (4) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board may determine its own procedure.(5) The Board shall cause proper records of its proceedings to be kept.”.