Establishment of Board of Architects
4.—(1)  There shall be established in Singapore a body to be called the Board of Architects which shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to sue and be sued in its corporate name, to acquire and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to do and perform such other acts as bodies corporate may by law perform.
(2)  The Board shall consist of the following members to be appointed by the Minister:
(a)a President who shall be appointed from among registered architects;
(b)two registered architects selected from a list of not less than 3 registered architects submitted by the Singapore Institute of Architects;
(c)such other registered architects, not being more than 6, as the Minister may from time to time determine; and
(d)one professional engineer on the nomination of the Professional Engineers Board.
(3)  The members of the Board shall be appointed for a term not exceeding 3 years but may from time to time be reappointed, and may at any time be removed from office by the Minister.
(4)  A person shall not be qualified to be a member of the Board if —
(a)he is an undischarged bankrupt or has made any arrangement or composition with his creditors;
(b)he is convicted of any offence involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude, or of any other offence implying a defect in character which makes him unfit for the architectural profession;
(c)he is of unsound mind or incapacitated by physical illness; or
(d)he has at any time after due inquiry been found guilty by the Board or previous Board of improper conduct.
(5)  The office of a member of the Board shall become vacant if the member —
(a)dies;
(b)resigns or is removed from office; or
(c)becomes in any manner disqualified for office under subsection (4),
and the vacancy so created shall as soon as practicable be filled in the manner in which the appointment to the vacant office was made; and every person so appointed shall hold office for the residue of the term for which his predecessor was appointed.
(6)  The powers of the Board shall not be affected by any vacancy in the membership thereof.
(7)  Any question as to whether a person has ceased to be a member of the Board shall be determined by the Minister whose decision shall be final.
(8)  At any meeting of the Board, 5 members thereof shall form a quorum and no business shall be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum is present.
(9)  At any meeting of the Board, the President shall preside and in his absence the members present shall elect from among themselves one member to preside over the meeting.
(10)  If on any question to be determined by the Board there is an equality of votes, the President or the member presiding over that meeting shall have a casting vote.
(11)  Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board may determine its own procedure.
(12)  The Board shall cause proper records of its proceedings to be kept.