Nature Reserves (Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 6/1973

Read the first time on 16th February 1973.

An Act to amend the Nature Reserves Act (Chapter 295 of the Revised Edition).

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows: —

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Nature Reserves (Amendment) Act, 1973, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Amendment of section 2

2. Section 2 of the Nature Reserves Act (hereinafter in this Act referred to as “the principal Act”) is hereby amended by inserting immediately after the definition of “Board” appearing therein the following new definition: —

“ “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board appointed under the provisions of subsection (1) of section 5 of this Act;”.

Repeal and re-enactment of section 5

3. Section 5 of the principal Act is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —

“Board of Management

5.—(1) The Board of Management shall consist of —

(a)	a trustee as Chairman who shall be appointed by the Minister; and
(b)	not less than six but not more than nine other trustees, two of whom shall be appointed by the President and the others by the Minister.

(2) A trustee referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be appointed on such conditions as the appointing authority by whom he was appointed may determine.

(3) The trustees appointed under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall, unless their appointment is revoked by the appointing authority under the provisions of subsection (4) of this section, or unless they resign during their period of office, hold office for a term of three years or for such shorter period as such appointing authority may in any case determine.

(4) The appointing authority may at any time revoke the appointment of a trustee appointed by him under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section.

(5) The quorum at a meeting of the Board shall be four.

(6) The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board and has the right to vote on all questions coming before or arising at a meeting of the Board.

(7) In the absence of the Chairman, such trustee as the trustees present may elect shall act as Chairman.

(8) All questions coming before or arising at a meeting of the Board shall be decided by a majority of trustees present and voting thereon at that meeting, and in the case of an equality of votes the person presiding at the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.

(9) Every person who immediately before the commencement of the Nature Reserves (Amendment) Act, 1973, is a trustee of the Board shall continue in office until his resignation or the expiry of his term of appointment or the revocation thereof under subsection (4) of this section.”.

New section 5A

4. The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting immediately after section 5 thereof the following new section: —

“Appointment of committees and delegation of powers

5A.—(1) The Board may, in its discretion, appoint committees of persons who may or may not be trustees appointed under subsection (1) of section 5 of this Act for purposes which, in the opinion of the Board, would be better regulated and managed by means of such committees.

(2) The Board may, subject to such conditions or restrictions as it thinks fit, delegate to any such committee or the Chairman any of the powers, functions and duties by this Act vested in the Board, and a power, function or duty so delegated may be exercised or performed by such committee or the Chairman, as the case may be, in the name and on behalf of the Board.

(3) The Board may continue to exercise a power conferred upon it, or perform a function or duty under this Act, notwithstanding the delegation of such power, function or duty under the provisions of this section.”.

Repeal and re-enactment of section 14

5. Section 14 of the principal Act is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —

“Penalty

14. A person who contravenes or fails to comply with a provision of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of not less than two hundred dollars and of not more than one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.”.

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