Singapore legislation

Clause 10

New section 17A

The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 17, the following section:“Notice about members and key officers of Town Council17A.—

(1)

Within 30 days after an individual —

(a)

assumes any of the following offices in a Town Council:

(i)

the chairman;

(ii)

a vice‑chairman;

(iii)

an elected member;

(iv)

an appointed member; or

(b)

is appointed as a key officer of a Town Council,the Town Council must give to the Minister a notice specifying the name and other prescribed particulars of the individual.(2) Within 30 days after an individual —

(a)

ceases to hold any of the following offices in a Town Council, other than because of the operation of section 9(9), 13(2) or 14(2):

(i)

the chairman;

(ii)

a vice-chairman;

(iii)

an elected member; (iv)an appointed member; or

(b)

ceases to be a key officer of a Town Council,the Town Council must give to the Minister a notice specifying the name of the individual and other prescribed particulars about the cessation.(3) Within 30 days after an individual —

(a)

assumes any office mentioned in subsection (1)(a); or

(b)

is appointed as —

(i)

the secretary to the Town Council;

(ii)

the general manager of the Town Council;

(iii)

a finance manager of a Town Council; or

(iv)

a deputy of any officer in sub‑paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii),the Town Council must exhibit, in accordance with subsection (4), a notice in English specifying the name of the individual.(4) The notice required by subsection (3) must be —

(a)

affixed to a conspicuous part of such buildings comprised within the Town of the Town Council concerned as will secure adequate publicity for the contents of the notice; and

(b)

published in the Gazette, and at an online location accessible to residents of housing estates within that Town.”.

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