Singapore legislation
Regulation 33
of Copyright (Collective Management Organisations) Regulations 2023
Regulation 33
Governance requirements
Subregulation 1
A CMO that is a company must provide in its constitution that —
the appointment of a director of the CMO must, in addition to any other requirements in the Companies Act 1967 or its constitution, be approved by a general meeting of members; and
a director of the CMO may be removed by a general meeting of members (in addition to any other means provided for by the Companies Act 1967 or the CMO’s constitution).
Subregulation 2
A CMO must provide in its constitutional documents that a person is disqualified from being a key officer of the CMO if —
the person is disqualified under any written law from being a director of a company; (b)the person was a key officer of another CMO at the time that other CMO was issued with a cessation order (excluding a cessation order that was set aside after reconsideration or appeal); and
the person was removed as a key officer of another CMO under a regulatory direction (excluding a regulatory direction that was set aside after reconsideration or appeal).
Subregulation 3
A CMO must provide in its constitutional documents that a disqualification mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) and (c) expires 3 years after the cessation order or regulatory direction, as the case may be.
Subregulation 4
A CMO must comply with its constitutional documents to the extent that they give effect to this regulation.