Singapore legislation
Regulation 24
Regulation 24
Absence from meeting
Subregulation 1
No member of the Council shall absent himself for more than 15 minutes from any meeting of the Council except with the permission of the Chairman.
Subregulation 2
A member of the Council shall not be absent from more than two-thirds of the total time in 3 successive meetings of the Council without reasonable cause acceptable to the Council.
Subregulation 3
At the meeting subsequent to the 3 successive meetings which a member is absent, the member shall submit a written explanation for his absence.
Subregulation 4
The Council shall at such meeting consider and decide by a simple majority of those present at the meeting whether the member concerned shall remain in the Council.