Malaysia legislation

Section 15

of CHENG HOON TENG TEMPLE (INCORPORATION) ACT 1949

Section 15

Advisory Committee

(2)

The Advisory Committee shall consist of not less than seventeen and not more than twenty-four members of the Corporation.

Members of the Advisory Committee shall be styled Kay Teohs.

(3)

No person shall be eligible as a member of the Advisory

Committee unless—

(i)

he is a member of the Corporation; and

(ii)

his nomination for election is approved by a majority of the Standing Committee.

(4)

The original members of the Advisory Committee shall be—

Tan Swi Chay

Ho Kim Toon

Cheong Tiong Hak

Guan Kim Lee

Ong Tock Seng

Tan Koon Tiang

Tan Thiam Thye

Tan San Hong

Chee Hong Chiang

Goh Tiow Wan

Ee Yew Kim

Tan Seng Tee

Tan Soo Chong

Chi Sun Cheng

Goh Tiow Chong

Chee Guan Chiang

Wee Soon Teck

(5)

Members of the Advisory Committee (other than the original members) shall be elected from the members of the Corporation in the same manner as near as may be as that provided for the election of members of the Standing Committee.

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(6)

At the first Annual General Meeting of the Corporation and at each Annual General Meeting of the Corporation held in every succeeding year one-third of the members of the Advisory Committee or if their number is not a multiple of three then the number nearest to one-third, shall retire from office, the members to retire being those who have been longest in office since their last election but as between persons who became members of the Advisory

Committee on the same day those to retire shall (unless otherwise agreed amongst themselves) be determined by lot. Retiring members shall be eligible for re-election.

(7)

If any member of the Advisory Committee desires to retire from acting as such he shall give to the Corporation one month’s notice in writing of such desire and his resignation shall take effect from the expiration of such notice or its earlier acceptance by the Standing Committee.

(8)

If for any cause any casual vacancy shall occur in the Advisory

Committee such vacancy may be filled by a member of the

Corporation elected by the Standing Committee, and any person so elected shall (unless otherwise arranged at the time of his election) hold office for the remainder of the period during which the member in whose place he shall be elected would have held office had such a vacancy not occurred.

Annual Meetings