Broadcasting Act 1994 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 10 · Ownership and Control of Broadcasting Companies
33. Special features of broadcasting company
Feedback & supportA broadcasting company must not, on or after 2 September 2002, appoint a person as its chief executive officer or director, or as the chairperson of its board of directors, unless it has obtained the approval of the Authority.
Chief Executive
“Chief Executive”, in relation to the Authority, means the Chief Executive of the Authority appointed under section 40(1) of the Info-communications Media Development Authority Act 2016, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;
Unless the Authority otherwise approves, the chief executive officer of a broadcasting company and at least one-half of its directors must be citizens of Singapore.
No chief executive officer, director, or chairperson of the board of directors, of a broadcasting company who was appointed before 2 September 2002 is to be permitted by the broadcasting company to act as such on or after that date unless —
his or her appointment as chief executive officer, director, or chairperson of the board of directors, of the broadcasting company was approved by the Authority before 2 September 2002; or
his or her appointment as chief executive officer, director, or chairperson of the board of directors, of the broadcasting company is approved by the Authority on a written application by the broadcasting company made within 6 months after 2 September 2002 or any longer period that the Authority may allow.
Where the Authority does not approve the appointment of a person as chief executive officer, director or chairperson of the board of directors under subsection (3)(b), the broadcasting company must immediately remove the person from such office.
Any broadcasting company which contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $5,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
This section has effect despite the provisions of any other written law or of the memorandum or articles of association, or other constitution, of a broadcasting company.
In this section —
“chief executive officer”, in relation to a broadcasting company, means any person, by whatever name described, who is —
in the direct employment of, or acting for or by arrangement with, the broadcasting company; and
arrangement
“arrangement” includes any formal or informal scheme, arrangement or understanding, and any trust whether express or implied;
principally responsible for the management and conduct of any type of business of the broadcasting company in Singapore,and includes any person for the time being performing all or any of the functions or duties of a chief executive officer;
“director” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967.