Singapore legislation

Clause 15

of National Council of Social Service (Amendment) Bill

Clause 15

Amendment of section 37

In the principal Act, in section 37 —

(a)

in subsection (1), after “this Act”, insert “, except for the matters provided for in section 38”;

(b)

in subsection (2)(a), replace “, and the termination of, membership in the Council” with “appointment or re‑appointment of an organisation as a sector member”;

(c)

in subsection (2), after paragraph (a), insert —“(aa)the procedure for the revocation of the appointment of an organisation as a sector member;”;

(d)

in subsection (2)(b), replace “membership in the Council” with “being appointed or re‑appointed as a sector member”;

(e)

in subsection (2), after paragraph (b), insert —“(ba)the procedure and criteria for nominations by sector members of proposed members of the Council under section 5(3), including limits on the number of nominations that a sector member can make in a given period of time;”;

(f)

in subsection (2)(c), (d) and (j), replace “Council members” with “sector members”;

(g)

in subsection (2), after paragraph (c), insert —“(ca)the standards and guidelines for the cooperation of sector members with the Council;”;

(h)

in subsection (2)(d), replace “committee members” with “officers”;

(i)

in subsection (2)(d), replace “termination of membership in the Council” with “revocation of appointment as a sector member”;

(j)

in subsection (2)(f), replace “and quorum for the meetings of the Board” with “for the meetings of the Council”;

(k)

in subsection (2), delete paragraph (h);

(l)

in subsection (2)(i), replace “body” with “association”;

(m)

in subsection (2)(i), replace “section 11(1)(h)” with “section 12(2)(n)”;

(n)

in subsection (2)(j), replace the full‑stop at the end with a semi‑colon;

(o)

in subsection (2), after paragraph (j), insert —“(k)to prescribe anything that is required or permitted to be prescribed under this Act.”; and

(p)

in subsection (3), delete “and the Board”.