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Formal Consolidation |  1992 RevEd
Establishment of Professional Engineers Board
4.—(1)  There shall be established in Singapore a body to be called the Professional Engineers Board 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 the registered professional engineers;
(b)3 registered professional engineers selected from a list of not less than 4 registered professional engineers submitted by the Council of the Institution of Engineers Singapore;
(c)such other registered professional engineers, not being more than 5, as the Minister may from time to time determine; and
(d)a registered architect nominated by the Board of Architects.
(3)  Not less than 3 members of the Board shall be in private practice and not more than 3 members of the Board shall be representative of any particular branch of engineering.
(4)  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.
(5)  A person shall not be qualified to be a member of the Board if —
(a)he is neither a citizen nor a permanent resident of Singapore;
(b)he is an undischarged bankrupt or has made any arrangement or composition with his creditors;
(c)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 engineering profession;
(d)he is of unsound mind or incapacitated by physical illness; or
(e)he has at any time after due inquiry been found guilty by the Board or previous Board of improper conduct.
(6)  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 within the meaning of subsection (5),
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.
(7)  The powers of the Board shall not be affected by any vacancy in its membership.
(8)  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.
(9)  At any meeting of the Board, 5 members shall form a quorum and no business shall be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum is present.
(10)  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.
(11)  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.
(12)  Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board may determine its own procedure.
(13)  The Board shall cause proper records of its proceedings to be kept.
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 36 of 2017
Establishment of Professional Engineers Board
4.—(1)  There shall be established in Singapore a body to be called the Professional Engineers Board 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:
(a)the Commissioner of Building Control;
(b)the President of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore, or a registered professional engineer of at least 10 years’ standing to be nominated by him;
(c)not more than 6 registered professional engineers who are resident in Singapore and have in force a practising certificate —
(i)to be elected by registered professional engineers who have in force a practising certificate; or
(ii)failing such election, to be appointed by the Minister under subsection (4);
(d)not more than 6 registered professional engineers to be appointed by the Minister; and
(e)a registered architect from the Board of Architects to be appointed by the Minister.
(3)  Not less than 5 members of the Board shall be in private practice.
(4)  If elections held for the purposes of subsection (2)(c) result in less than 6 persons being elected as members of the Board thereunder, the Minister may appoint such number, as he thinks fit, of registered professional engineers who have in force a practising certificate to be members of the Board, except that the number of members so appointed and the number of members elected under subsection (2)(c) shall not exceed 6 in the aggregate.
(5)  Of the members elected under subsection (2)(c) or appointed under subsection (4), there shall be at least —
(a)one registered professional engineer in the branch of civil engineering;
(b)one registered professional engineer in the branch of electrical engineering; and
(c)one registered professional engineer in the branch of mechanical engineering.
(6)  Only registered professional engineers of at least 10 years’ standing may be elected under subsection (2)(c) or appointed under subsection (4) as members of the Board.
(7)  The members elected under subsection (2)(c) shall hold office for a term not exceeding 3 years and shall be eligible for re-election.
[Act 36 of 2017 wef 15/01/2018]
(7A)  However, a person is ineligible for re‑election to office as a member under subsection (2)(c) if the re‑election would result in the person holding office as a member for 3 consecutive terms.
[Act 36 of 2017 wef 15/01/2018]
(8)  The members appointed under subsection (2)(d) or (e) or (4) shall hold office for a term not exceeding 3 years and shall be eligible for re-appointment.
(9)  The Minister may, at any time, revoke the appointment of any member appointed under subsection (2)(d) or (4) without assigning any reason.