Singapore legislation
Clause 55
Clause 55
Chairperson, secretary and treasurer of council
(1)
The chairperson, secretary and treasurer of the council of a management corporation shall be the chairperson, secretary and treasurer of the management corporation.
(2)
Where the chairperson, secretary and treasurer of the council have not been appointed by the management corporation at its annual general meeting, the members of the council shall, at the first meeting of the council after they assume office as such members, appoint the chairperson, secretary and treasurer of the council.
(3)
A person —
shall not be appointed to the office of chairperson, secretary or treasurer of the council unless he is a member of the council; and
subject to this section, may be appointed to one or more of those offices.
(4)
A person appointed to the office of chairperson, secretary or treasurer of the council shall hold office until —
he ceases to be a member of the council;
the receipt by the management corporation from him of a notice in writing of his resignation from that office; or
another person is appointed by the council or by the management corporation in a general meeting to hold that office,whichever first happens.
(5)
Notwithstanding anything in this Act, a person appointed to the office of chairperson, secretary or treasurer of the council of a management corporation shall not resign his office until ––
a meeting of the council is first convened for the purpose of appointing another person to fill his vacancy; and
a general meeting is first convened for the purpose of electing another person to fill his vacancy,and any purported resignation or vacation of office in breach of this subsection shall be deemed to be invalid.
(6)
If a management corporation carries on business without any chairperson, secretary and treasurer for more than 6 months, every person who, for the whole or any part of that period that the management corporation is so carrying on business after those 6 months —
is a subsidiary proprietor constituting the management corporation; and
knows that the management corporation is carrying on business in that manner,shall be jointly and severally liable for the payment of all the debts of the management corporation contracted during the period after those 6 months or, as the case may be, that part of it, and may be sued therefore.
(7)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no individual shall be elected or appointed under this section to hold office as the treasurer of any management corporation or the treasurer of a council for more than 2 consecutive terms.