Section 4
Constitution of Authority
of Bintulu Port Authority Act 1981
The Authority shall consist of—
(a)
a Chairman who shall be appointed by the Minister;
(b)
the General Manager; and
(c)
not less than five nor more than nine members to be appointed by the Minister:
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Provided that it shall be lawful for the Minister to appoint the
General Manager to be the Chairman.
(2)
Where the Chairman is a person other than the General
Manager, then unless the Minister appoints any of the members appointed under paragraph (1)(c) to be the Deputy Chairman of the
Authority, the General Manager shall be the Deputy Chairman.
(3)
A temporary Chairman or temporary member may be appointed as provided in subsection (1) during the temporary incapacity through illness, or during the temporary absence from the
State of Sarawak or from Malaysia, of the Chairman or member, and the provisions of this Act which apply in relation to the Chairman or member (including a person to be so appointed) shall mutatis mutandis apply in relation to a temporary Chairman or temporary member (including the person to be so appointed).
(4)
The Authority may act notwithstanding a vacancy in its membership, and no act of the Authority shall be invalid by reason only of some defect in the appointment of any of its members or on the ground that any person acting as a member thereof has ceased to be such member.
(5)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act or any other written law, the Minister may remove from office the Chairman or any of the members of the Authority without assigning any reason therefor.
(6)
The provisions of the Schedule shall have effect with respect to the Authority and its members.