People’s Association (Community Development Councils) (Amendment) Rules 2000

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 12 Jul 2000

No. S 321

People’s Association Act

(Chapter 227)

People’s Association (Community
Development Councils)
(Amendment) Rules 2000

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 (2) (a) and (b) of the People’s Association Act, the Board of Management of the People’s Association hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the People’s Association (Community Development Councils) (Amendment) Rules 2000 and shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1st July 2000.

Amendment of rule 14

2. Rule 14(2) of the People’s Association (Community Development Councils) Rules (R 2) is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “and develop” in paragraph (a) and substituting the words “, fund, develop and administer”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “and donations” in paragraph (d) and substituting the words “, donations, contributions and Government grants”.

Amendment of Second Schedule

3. The Second Schedule to the People’s Association (Community Development Councils) Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “2 working days” in paragraph 10 and substituting the words “3 working days”;

(b)

by deleting paragraph 12 and substituting the following paragraph:

“Surplus funds

12.—(1) The Council may, from time to time, invest any of its funds not required for immediate use in fixed deposits or such other securities which trustees may by any written law for the time being in force be authorised to invest trust moneys in.

(2) The signatories for these fixed deposits shall be any 2 persons from among the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or officers authorised by the Council.”;

(c)

by deleting sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 15 and substituting the following sub-pararaph:

“(1) Subject to rule 13 and the availability of Councils’ funds, the approving authorities for expenditures of the Council shall be as follows:

Approving authority

Expenditure per item

(a) Chairman
People’s Association

Above $10,000,000

(b) Deputy Chairman
People’s Association

Up to $10,000,000

Up to $1,000,000

(d) Chairman of Council

Up to $500,000

(e) Vice-Chairman of Council

Up to $100,000

(f) Treasurer or Secretary of Council

Up to $50,000.”;

(d)

by deleting the words “paragraph (1)(e) to (g)” in paragraph 15(2) and substituting the words “paragraph (1)(d) to (f)”;

(e)

by deleting “$500” in paragraph 17(1) and substituting “$1,000”; and

(f)

by deleting paragraph 33 and substituting the following paragraph:

“Signing of cheques

33. Cheques drawn on a Council’s bank account shall be signed by any 2 persons from among the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or officers authorised by the Council.”.

Made this 11th day of July 2000.

WONG KAN SENG

Deputy Chairman,
Board of Management,
People’s Association,
Singapore.

[PA/D/25/63 Pt. A; AG/LEG/SL/227/96/2 Vol.2]

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