Singapore legislation
Clause 4
Clause 4
Constitution of the Board of Trustees
(1)
There shall be constituted a Board to be known as “the Board of Trustees of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies”, which shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal and which may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
(2)
The Board shall consist of a Chairman and a Deputy Chairman to be appointed by the President and twenty-one other members appointed as follows: —
four persons to be appointed by the President;
four persons, one each to be appointed by the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the Indian Chamber of Commerce and the Malay Chamber of Commerce, respectively;
two persons, one each to be appointed by the Lee Foundation and the Shaw Foundation, respectively;
five persons to be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Singapore;
three persons to be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor of the Nanyang University; and
three persons to be appointed by the President from among persons nominated by such professional bodies and organisations as the President may consult.
(3)
The Director shall be an ex-officio member of the Board.
(4)
The Chairman, the Deputy Chairman, and other members appointed by the President under subsection (2) of this section shall, unless the President otherwise directs, hold office for a period of up to three years and shall be eligible for re-appointment:Provided that the President may at any time revoke such appointment.
(5)
The members appointed, otherwise than by the President, under subsection (2) of this section shall, unless the President otherwise directs, hold office for a period of three years and shall be eligible for re-appointment:Provided that the person or body appointing such member may at any time revoke such appointment.
(6)
Any member of the Board may resign from the Board by giving notice in writing to that effect addressed to the Chairman and as from the date of receipt by the Chairman of such notice such member shall cease to be a member.
(7)
If the Chairman is absent from any meeting of the Board, the Deputy Chairman shall act as Chairman of the meeting.
(8)
The Board may grant leave of absence to any member of the Board.
(9)
Any member absenting himself from four consecutive meetinas of the Board without having obtained leave of absence from the Board shall be considered as having resigned from the Board.
(10)
If a vacancy occurs in the membership of the Board by death, resignation, revocation of appointment or otherwise the vacancy shall be filled by the authority by whom the member in respect of whom the vacancy occurs was appointed, save that any person so appointed shall hold office for so long as the member in whose place he is appointed would have held office.
(11)
The Board shall meet at least once a year.