Singapore legislation
Regulation 7
Regulation 7
Vacation of and removal from office
Subregulation 1
A Union representative shall cease to be a member of the council if, before the expiry of his term of office, he ceases to be a member of the management committee of the constituent body which he represents and, if he is chairman of the council, he shall forthwith cease to be the chairman.
Subregulation 2
A member of the executive committee shall vacate his office if he resigns from the council.
Subregulation 3
A motion of censure or of no confidence passed against the council shall not take effect unless it obtains the endorsement of two-thirds of the management committees of all the constituent bodies.
Subregulation 4
A Union representative shall not be removed from his office except by a majority of members of the management committee which voted him in.
Subregulation 5
A member of the executive committee shall not be removed from his office except by a majority of the members of the constituent body which voted him in and the endorsement of two-thirds of the members of the council present at a meeting.
Subregulation 6
A person who is co-opted into the council under rule 6(5) or (7) shall not be removed from office except with the approval of the Principal.
Subregulation 7
A member of the council who represents two or more management committees shall have only one vote.
Subregulation 8
A member of the executive committee who represents two or more constituent bodies shall have only one vote.
Subregulation 9
The ratio of Union representatives to the members of a management committee shall be 1:5.
Subregulation 10
A person who is appointed to be a member of a management committee by the committee itself under the Ngee Ann Polytechnic (Clubs) Rules (R 2) shall not be a Union representative.
Subregulation 11
A member of the executive committee shall not concurrently be a member of a management committee.
Subregulation 12
A member of the executive committee shall be elected from a constituent body by the members thereof.
Subregulation 13
There shall be one executive committee member for a constituent body with up to 500 members and two executive committee members for a constituent body with more than 500 members.
Subregulation 14
Membership of the executive committee shall be confined to members of the Union who are Singapore citizens.