Singapore legislation
Section 30
Section 30
Publicity for proceedings under this Part
(1)
The Commissioner must not make any order under this Part to establish a scheme for the administration of a charity unless at least one month previously there has been given public notice of the Commissioner’s proposals, inviting representations to be made to the Commissioner within a time specified in the notice, which must be at least one month from the date of the notice.
(2)
The Commissioner must not make any order under this Part to appoint, discharge or remove a governing board member or key officer of a charity or trustee for a charity (other than the Public Trustee), unless at least one month previously there has been given the like public notice as is required by subsection (1) for an order establishing a scheme, but this subsection does not apply in the case of —
an order under section 23(2)(d); or
an order discharging or removing a governing board member or key officer or trustee if the Commissioner is of the opinion that it is unnecessary and not in the interest of the charity to give publicity to the proposal to discharge or remove the governing board member or key officer or trustee.
(3)
Before the Commissioner makes an order under this Part to remove without his or her consent a governing board member of a charity or trustee for a charity, or an officer, agent or employee of a charity, the Commissioner must, unless that person cannot be found or has no known address in Singapore, give him or her at least one month’s notice of the Commissioner’s proposal, inviting representations to be made to the Commissioner within a time specified in the notice.
(4)
Where notice is given of any proposal as required by subsection (1), (2) or (3), the Commissioner must take into consideration any representation made about the proposal within the time specified in the notice, and may (without further notice) proceed with the proposal either without modification or with such modification as appears to the Commissioner to be desirable.
(5)
Where the Commissioner makes an order which is subject to appeal under section 22(5), the order must be published either by giving public notice of it or by giving notice of it to all persons entitled to appeal against it under that subsection, as the Commissioner thinks fit.
(6)
Where the Commissioner makes an order under this Part to establish a scheme for the administration of a charity, a copy of the order must, for at least one month after the order is published, be available for public inspection at all reasonable times at the office of the Commissioner.
(7)
Any notice to be given under this section of any proposals or order must give such particulars of the proposals or order, or such directions for obtaining information about them, as the Commissioner thinks sufficient and appropriate, and any public notice is to be given in the manner the Commissioner thinks sufficient and appropriate.
(8)
Any notice to be given under this section, other than a public notice, may be given by post and, if given by post, may be addressed to the recipient’s last known address in Singapore.[29