Constitution of the Republic of Singapore · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · The Government
22A. Appointment of members of statutory boards
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution —
where the President is authorised by any written law to appoint the chairman, member or chief executive officer of any statutory board to which this Article applies, the President, acting in his discretion, may refuse to make any such appointment or to revoke such appointment if he does not concur with the advice or recommendation of the authority on whose advice or recommendation he is required to act; or
in any other case, no appointment to the office of chairman, member or chief executive officer of any statutory board to which this Article applies and no revocation of such appointment shall be made by any appointing authority unless the President, acting in his discretion, concurs therewith.
The chairman or member of a statutory board to which this Article applies shall be appointed for a term not exceeding 3 years and shall be eligible for reappointment.
Any appointment to the office of chairman, member or chief executive officer of a statutory board under clause (1)(b) or any revocation thereof shall be void if made without the concurrence of the President.
This Article shall apply to the statutory boards specified in Part 1 of the Fifth Schedule.
Subject to clause (5), the President acting in accordance with the advice of the Cabinet may, by order published in the Gazette, add any other statutory board to Part 1 of the Fifth Schedule; and no statutory board shall be removed from that Part by any such order.
President
“President” means the President of Singapore elected under this Constitution and includes any person for the time being exercising the functions of the office of President;
No statutory board shall by order under clause (4) be added to Part 1 of the Fifth Schedule if the total value of the reserves of the statutory board on the date of making of such order is less than $500 million.
reserves
“reserves”, in relation to the Government, a statutory board or Government company, means the excess of assets over liabilities of the Government, statutory board or Government company, as the case may be;