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Establishment and incorporation of Civil Service College
3. A body called the Civil Service College is established, which is a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and is by that name capable of —(a) suing and being sued; (b) acquiring, owning, holding and developing, or disposing of property, both movable and immovable; and (c) doing and suffering all such other acts or things as a body corporate may lawfully do and suffer.
Common seal
4.—(1) The College must have a common seal and such seal may be broken, changed, altered or made anew as the College thinks fit. (2) All deeds and other documents requiring the seal of the College must be sealed with the common seal of the College. (3) All instruments to which the common seal is affixed must be signed by —(a) any 2 members generally or specially authorised by the Board for the purpose; or (b) one member and the Chief Executive. (4) The Board may, by resolution or otherwise in writing, appoint an officer of the College or any other agent either generally or in any particular case to execute or sign on behalf of the College any agreement or other instrument not under seal in relation to any matter coming within the powers of the College. (5) All courts, judges and persons acting judicially are to take judicial notice of the common seal of the College affixed to any document and presume that it was duly affixed.
Board of Directors
5.—(1) There is to be a Board of Directors of the College which is the executive body of the College and may exercise all the powers conferred on the College under this Act.[9/2003] (2) The Board consists of —(a) a Chairperson; and (b) not less than 5 but not more than 15 other members, all of whom must be appointed by the Minister. (3) The Minister may appoint the Chief Executive to be a member of the Board.
Chairperson may delegate functions
6. The Chairperson may in writing authorise any member to exercise any power or perform any function conferred on the Chairperson by or under this Act.
Term of office of members
7.—(1) A member holds office on such conditions and for such term as the Minister specifies in the appointment. (2) Any member may resign from his or her office at any time by giving not less than one month’s notice in writing to the Minister. (3) The Minister may at any time revoke the appointment of any member as the Minister considers necessary in the interest of the effective performance of the functions of the College under this Act, or in the public interest. (4) If a member dies or resigns or has his or her appointment revoked, the Minister may appoint any person to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the term for which the vacating member was appointed. (5) The College is to pay to the Chairperson and other members, out of the funds of the College, such salaries, fees and allowances as the Minister may determine.
Temporary Chairperson
8. If the Chairperson is absent from Singapore, or for any other reason unable to discharge his or her functions, the Minister may appoint one of the members to act as a temporary Chairperson.
Meetings and proceedings of Board
9.—(1) The quorum at every meeting of the Board is the higher of the following: (a) one-third of the total number of members; (b) 3 members.[25/2009] (2) The Chairperson presides at all meetings of the Board and, in his or her absence, the members present must elect one of their number to preside. (3) Meetings of the Board must be held at such times and places as the Chairperson may determine. (4) All questions arising at any meeting must be decided by a majority of votes of the members present and voting. (5) At any meeting of the Board, the Chairperson or, in the Chairperson’s absence, the member presiding at the meeting has a deliberative vote and, in the case of an equality of votes, he or she also has a casting vote. (6) The validity of any proceedings of the Board is not affected by any vacancy among its members or by any defect in the appointment of any member. (7) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, the Board may regulate its own proceedings.[5/2018]
Committees
11.—(1) The Board may appoint committees consisting of one or more persons (whether members or not) and define or vary the terms of reference of those committees. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018 and to the control of the Board, each committee appointed under this section may regulate its procedure in any manner that the committee thinks fit.[5/2018]
Delegation of powers
12.—(1) The Board may, in respect of a specified matter or class of matters, by writing, delegate any of its powers to —(a) a member; (b) a committee of the Board; or (c) an officer of the College. (2) Every member, committee or officer purporting to act pursuant to a delegation under this section is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, presumed to be acting in accordance with the terms of the delegation.
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