PART II
ESTABLISHMENT, INCORPORATION AND CONSTITUTION OF CORPORATION
Establishment of Corporation
3.  There is hereby established in accordance with the provisions of this Act a body to be called the Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises which shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and with power to sue and be sued in its corporate name, and to acquire and dispose of property, movable and immovable, and to perform such other acts as bodies corporate may by law perform, and to exercise such other powers as are conferred under this Act.
Constitution of Corporation
4.—(1)  The Corporation shall consist of the following members, all of whom shall be appointed by the Minister:
(a)a Chairman;
(b)a Deputy Chairman who shall be an officer from the Ministry of Home Affairs;
(c)the Commissioner of Prisons or his representative; and
[Act 1 of 2014 wef 01/07/2014]
(d)not less than 2 nor more than 12 other members.
[Act 23/87 wef 01/11/1987]
(2)  All members shall, unless the Minister otherwise directs, hold office for a period of 3 years from the date of their respective appointments and shall be eligible for reappointment.
(3)  The Minister may appoint a person to be a temporary member during the absence, or incapacity owing to illness or otherwise, of any other member.
(4)  The Minister may, at any time, revoke the appointment of a member without assigning any reason therefor.
(5)  The Minister may, at any time, accept the resignation of a member.
Salaries, fees and allowances payable to members
5.  There shall be paid to the members out of the funds of the Corporation such salaries, fees and allowances as the Minister may, from time to time, determine.
Meetings of Corporation
6.—(1)  Meetings of the Corporation shall be held —
(a)not less than once in 3 months; and
(b)at such times and places as the Corporation or the Chairman may from time to time determine.
(2)  The quorum at every meeting of the Corporation shall be one-third of the total number of members or 3 members, whichever is the higher.
[25/2009 wef 15/01/2010]
(3)  Decisions at meetings of the Corporation shall be adopted by a simple majority of the votes of the members present and voting; and in the event of an equality of votes the Chairman, or in his absence the Deputy Chairman or the member presiding, shall have a casting vote.
(4)  The Chairman, or in his absence the Deputy Chairman, shall preside at meetings of the Corporation.
(5)  Where both the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman are absent at a meeting such member as the members present may elect shall preside at the meeting.
(6)  The Corporation shall not be precluded from holding any meeting or acting in any matter merely by reason of a vacancy in its membership.
(7)  Subject to the provisions of this Act and the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, the Corporation may make standing orders to regulate its own procedure, and in particular, the holding of meetings, the notice to be given of such meetings, the proceedings thereat, the keeping of minutes and the custody, production and inspection of such minutes.
[Act 5 of 2018 wef 01/04/2018]
7.  [Repealed by Act 5 of 2018 wef 01/04/2018]
Validity of acts of member
8.  The acts of a member shall be valid notwithstanding any defect that may afterwards be discovered in his appointment or qualifications.
Powers of Minister in relation to Corporation
9.—(1)  The Minister may give to the Corporation any direction under section 5 of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018.
[Act 5 of 2018 wef 01/04/2018]
(2)  The Corporation shall furnish the Minister with such information or facilities for obtaining information with respect to its property and the exercise of its functions in such manner and at such times as the Minister may reasonably require.