Interpretation Act 1965 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Powers and Appointments
32A. Power of majority, quorum, etc., of board, etc.
Feedback & supportWhere a written law confers a power or function or imposes a duty upon a statutory body consisting of 3 or more persons, the power may be exercised, or the function or duty may be performed, by a majority of those persons.
written law
“written law” means the Constitution and all previous Constitutions having application to Singapore and all Acts, Ordinances and enactments by whatever name called and subsidiary legislation made thereunder for the time being in force in Singapore;
Where a statutory body consists of 3 or more persons —
a quorum is constituted at a meeting of the body by a number of members of the body equal to —
if the written law establishing the body fixes the number of members of the body — at least half of that number of members; and
if the number of persons is not so fixed but is within a range having a maximum or minimum — at least half of the number of members in office; and
an act or thing done by a majority of the members of the body present at the meeting, if those members constitute a quorum, is to be regarded as having been done by the body.
At a meeting of a statutory body, the chairperson or other member presiding has a casting as well as a deliberative vote in all matters in which a decision is taken by vote.
This section is subject to any provision to the contrary in any written law.
In this section, “statutory body” means a board, commission, committee or similar body, whether corporate or unincorporate, established under a written law.