Singapore legislation

Clause 3

of Nature Reserves (Amendment) Bill

Clause 3

Repeal and re-enactment of section 5

Section 5 of the principal Act is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —“Board of Management5.—

(1)

The Board of Management shall consist of —

(a)

a trustee as Chairman who shall be appointed by the Minister; and

(b)

not less than six but not more than nine other trustees, two of whom shall be appointed by the President and the others by the Minister.(2) A trustee referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be appointed on such conditions as the appointing authority by whom he was appointed may determine.(3) The trustees appointed under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall, unless their appointment is revoked by the appointing authority under the provisions of subsection (4) of this section, or unless they resign during their period of office, hold office for a term of three years or for such shorter period as such appointing authority may in any case determine.(4) The appointing authority may at any time revoke the appointment of a trustee appointed by him under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section.(5) The quorum at a meeting of the Board shall be four.(6) The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board and has the right to vote on all questions coming before or arising at a meeting of the Board.(7) In the absence of the Chairman, such trustee as the trustees present may elect shall act as Chairman.(8) All questions coming before or arising at a meeting of the Board shall be decided by a majority of trustees present and voting thereon at that meeting, and in the case of an equality of votes the person presiding at the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.(9) Every person who immediately before the commencement of the Nature Reserves (Amendment) Act, 1973, is a trustee of the Board shall continue in office until his resignation or the expiry of his term of appointment or the revocation thereof under subsection (4) of this section.”.