Malaysia legislation
Section 5
Section 5
Membership of the Corporation
(a)
four shall be members of the Standing Committee;
(b)
seventeen shall be members of the Advisory Committee;
and
(c)
ten shall be elected by the Standing Committee:
Provided that the Standing Committee may by special resolution increase the minimum number of members of the Corporation as they think fit.
(2)
For the purposes of subsection (1) “special resolution” means a resolution passed by a majority of not less than three-fourths of the members present at a meeting of the Standing Committee duly convened.
(3)
If the number of the members of the Corporation shall at any time be less than thirty-one, no business shall be transacted by the Corporation except for the purpose of filling vacancies.
(4)
As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, the
Standing Committee shall elect not less than ten persons to be members of the Corporation.
(5)
No person shall be eligible for membership of the Corporation unless—
(a)
he is of Chinese origin;
(b)
he has attained the age of thirty years;
(c)
he was born in the Federation or the Republic of Singapore or has ordinarily resided in those territories for a period of ten years immediately preceding his election as a member; and
(d)
immediately prior to his election as a member, he is not a person professing the Christian or Islamic religion.
(6)
Every person shall immediately after election as a member of the Corporation, sign the form of consent set out in the Third
Schedule, and his name shall not be inscribed in the Register until he shall have signed such form.
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(7)
The Standing Committee may refuse to admit a person as a member of the Corporation and shall not be bound to give its reasons for such refusal, and in any event the fact that there are already thirty-one members of the Corporation (inclusive of the members of the Standing Committee and of the Advisory Committee)
shall be a sufficient reason for refusing to admit a person as a member of the Corporation.
(8)
Where the application (the proposal) of a person for membership of the Corporation has been rejected by the Standing
Committee, that person shall not apply (be proposed) for membership until the expiration of one year from the date of such rejection.
Register of Members of the Corporation