| Town Councils Act |
| Town Councils (Governance) Rules 2017 |
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| Citation and commencement |
| 1. These Rules are the Town Councils (Governance) Rules 2017 and come into operation on 23 May 2017. |
| Definition |
| 2. In these Rules, “Form” means a form set out in the First Schedule and a form referred to by a number means the form so numbered in that Schedule. |
| Form of declaration of acceptance of office or appointment |
| 3. For the purposes of sections 9(11), 13(4), 14(10), 20(1B) and (4), and 31(5) of the Act, a declaration of acceptance of an office or an appointment of a Town Council, mentioned in the table below, must be in the form mentioned opposite in that table. |
| Form of register of interests |
| 4. For the purposes of section 15(2)(a) of the Act, the secretary to a Town Council must maintain and keep a register of interests, in the form set out in the Second Schedule, for each member of the Town Council who makes a disclosure of a conflict of interest. |
| Allowances payable to members |
| Revocation |
| 6. The Town Councils (Allowances for Chairman and Members) Rules (R 3) are revoked. |
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of National Development, Singapore. |
| [ND 311/4-146 Pt59; AG/LEGIS/SL/329A/2015/26 Vol. 1] |
| (To be presented to Parliament under section 57(3) of the Town Councils Act). |