Singapore Sports Council Bill

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Council appointed under section 4;

“Council” means the Singapore Sports Council established under section 3;

“member” means a member of the Council and includes the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman;

“National Stadium” means the National Stadium Complex at Kallang.

The Council shall, with the approval of the Minister, appoint a Chief Executive Director on such terms and conditions as the Council may determine.

The Chief Executive Director shall —

If the Chief Executive Director is temporarily absent from Singapore or temporarily incapacitated by reason of illness or for other reasons temporarily unable to perform his duties, a person may be appointed by the Council to act in the place of the Chief Executive Director during any such period of absence from duty.

There is hereby established a Council to be known as the Singapore Sports Council.

The Council shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may acquire, hold or dispose of movable and immovable property, sue and be sued in its corporate name, and do and suffer all such other acts and things as bodies corporate may do and suffer.

The Council shall consist of —

Every member shall, subject to the provisions of this section, hold office for a period of three years, or for such shorter period as the Minister may determine, and shall be eligible for re-appointment.

The Minister may at any time —

If any member dies, resigns, or has his appointment revoked under subsection (3) another person may be appointed by the Minister for the unexpired period of the term of office of the member in whose place he is appointed.

No vacancy in the membership of the Council shall affect its powers.

Meetings of the Council shall be held at such times and places as the Council or the Chairman may from time to time determine.

At any meeting of the Council five members shall constitute a quorum.

The Chairman shall preside at every meeting of the Council at which he is present, and in his absence the Deputy Chairman shall preside at the meeting. In the absence of both the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman the members present shall elect one of their number to preside at the meeting.

Every question before the Council shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present at the meeting, and in the event of an equality of votes, the Chairman or the member presiding at the meeting shall have a casting vote in addition to his original vote.

Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Council may make standing orders to regulate its own procedure, and in particular, the holding of meetings, the notice to be given of the meetings, the keeping of minutes and the custody, production and inspection of the minutes.

A member who is directly or indirectly interested in a contract made, or proposed to be made, by the Council shall disclose the nature of his interest at the first meeting of the Council at which he is present after the relevant facts have come to his knowledge.

A disclosure under subsection (1) shall be recorded in the minutes of that meeting and, after the disclosure, that member —

No act or proceeding of the Council shall be questioned on the ground that a member has contravened the provisions of this section.

The Minister may give such directions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act as to the policy to be followed by the Council in the performance of its functions under this Act and the Council shall give effect to any such directions.

The Council shall give the Minister such information with regard to its property and activities as the Minister may require.

Upon the commencement of this Act, all movable and immovable property vested in the National Sports Promotion Board or the National Stadium Corporation shall be vested in the Council without conveyance, transfer or assignment.

All rights, privileges, obligations and liabilities which immediately before the commencement of this Act were held, enjoyed or incurred by the National Sports Promotion Board or the National Stadium Corporation shall be deemed to be the rights, privileges, obligations and liabilities of the Council.

Where anything has been commenced by the National Sports Promotion Board or the National Stadium Corporation prior to the commencement of this Act, such thing may be carried on and completed by the Council.

Every person in the service of the Government who immediately before the commencement of this Act was seconded to the National Sports Promotion Board or the National Stadium Corporation shall be deemed to be seconded to the service of the Council on the same terms and conditions as those governing his secondment to the National Sports Promotion Board or the National Stadium Corporation, as the case may be.

Every such person may be transferred to the service of the Council on such terms and conditions of service as may be agreed upon between the Government, the Council and the officer concerned.

The Council may raise loans —

The Council may borrow, by way of overdraft from a bank or otherwise, any sum which it may temporarily require —

The Council shall open and maintain such accounts with a bank or banks as it considers necessary.

The moneys and property of the Council shall be applied solely for the purpose of making payments in or in connection with the performance of its functions, powers and duties under this Act, and no portion thereof shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividend, bonus or otherwise by way of profit to its members.

Any moneys not immediately required for the purposes of the Council may be invested in such manner as may be authorised by the Minister.

The Council may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations with respect to all or any of the following matters: —

All regulations made under this Act shall be published in the Gazette and shall be presented to Parliament as soon as may be after publication.