Rubber Association of Singapore (Incorporation) Act · 1985 Revised Edition · Part V · Management of the Association
11. Management Committee
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The management of the Association shall be vested in a Management Committee.
Association
“Association” means the Rubber Association of Singapore as constituted by section 3;
The Committee shall consist of —
Committee
“Committee” means the Management Committee constituted under section 11;
12 members to be elected by members of the Association in accordance with the rules; and
not more than 3 other members to be nominated by the Government,all of whom shall be appointed by the Minister.
The Committee shall from time to time elect from among members appointed under subsection (2)(a) —
a chairman;
a first deputy chairman; and
a second deputy chairman,all of whom shall be appointed by the Minister.
Every member of the Committee shall hold office for a term of two years unless his appointment is revoked by the Minister or unless he sooner resigns from that office and shall be eligible for reappointment.
member
“member” means a person whose name appears in the register as a member in any class or category and includes any two or more persons whose names are registered together as joint members;
No member shall be appointed chairman of the Committee for more than two consecutive terms.
There shall be not more than 9 alternate members of the Committee of whom 6 members shall be elected by members of the Association in accordance with the rules and one member shall be nominated by the Government for each of the members appointed under subsection (2)(b).
All alternate members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Minister and shall be eligible for reappointment.
Every alternate member of the Committee shall hold office for a term of two years unless his appointment is revoked by the Minister or unless he sooner resigns from that office.
If a member or an alternate member of the Committee resigns, dies or has his appointment revoked or otherwise vacates his office before the expiry of the term for which he has been appointed, the Minister may appoint a person in accordance with the rules to fill the vacancy for the residue of the term for which the vacating member was appointed.
person
“person” means an individual, any company or body corporate and includes a partnership firm;
Any member of the Committee who without reasonable cause absents himself from 3 consecutive ordinary or special meetings of the Committee and any member who has been found or declared to be of unsound mind or has become bankrupt or has made an arrangement with his creditors or has been sentenced to imprisonment shall be deemed to have vacated his office and the Minister shall be informed accordingly.
The Minister may at any time revoke the appointment of the chairman or of any other member of the Committee.
The appointment of every member and alternate member of the Committee shall be published in the Gazette.[10