Singapore legislation
Section 25
Section 25
Supplementary provisions relating to receiver and manager appointed for charity
(1)
The Commissioner may under section 23(2)(i) appoint to be receiver and manager in respect of the property and affairs of a charity any person (other than an officer or employee of the charity) that the Commissioner thinks fit.
(2)
Without limiting section 47(1), any order made by the Commissioner under section 23(2)(i) may make provision with respect to the functions to be discharged by the receiver and manager appointed by the order; and those functions must be discharged by the receiver and manager under the supervision of the Commissioner.
(3)
In connection with the discharge of those functions, any such order may provide —
for the receiver and manager appointed by the order to have such powers and duties of the governing board members of the charity concerned (whether arising under this Act or otherwise) as are specified in the order; and
for any powers or duties exercisable or falling to be performed by the receiver and manager by virtue of paragraph (a) to be exercisable or performed by the receiver and manager to the exclusion of those governing board members.
(4)
Where a person has been appointed receiver and manager by any such order, the Commissioner may apply to the General Division of the High Court for directions in relation to any particular matter arising in connection with the discharge of those functions.
(5)
The General Division of the High Court may, on an application under subsection (4), give such directions or make such orders declaring the rights of any person (whether before the General Division of the High Court or not), as the General Division of the High Court thinks just; and the costs of the application must be paid by the charity concerned.
(6)
The Minister may make regulations with respect to —
the appointment and removal of receivers and managers appointed in accordance with this section;
the remuneration of such receivers and managers out of the income of the charities concerned; and
the making of reports to the Commissioner by receivers and managers.
(7)
Regulations made under subsection (6) may, in particular, authorise the Commissioner to require a receiver and manager so appointed to give security for the due discharge of the functions of the receiver and manager, to determine the amount of remuneration of the receiver and manager, and to disallow any amount of remuneration in such circumstances as are prescribed by the regulations.[26