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.
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(3) Not less than 5 members of the Board shall be in private practice.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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 for not more than 2 consecutive terms.
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(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.
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(9) The Minister may, at any time, revoke the appointment of any member appointed under subsection (2)(d) or (4) without assigning any reason.