Singapore legislation
Clause 10
Clause 10
New section 25A
The Charities Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 25, the following section:“Power to suspend or remove trustees, etc., from membership of charity 25A.—
This section shall apply where the Commissioner makes an order under section 25 removing or suspending any trustee, charity trustee, officer, agent or employee of a charity from his office or employment, as the case may be, and the person in question is a member of the charity.(2) If the order suspends the person in question from his office or employment, the Commissioner may also make an order suspending his membership of the charity for the period for which he is suspended from his office or employment.(3) If the order removes the person in question from his office or employment, the Commissioner may also make an order —
terminating his membership of the charity; and
prohibiting him from resuming his membership of the charity for not less than 2 years or such time as the Commissioner may specify.(4) Any person who continues in his membership of a charity in contravention of an order under subsection (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $50 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.(5) This section shall not apply to an exempt charity.”.