Malaysia legislation
Section 4
Section 4
⎯(1)
A Port Authority shall consist of a chairman and a deputy chairman and not more than eight other members appointed by the Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri.
[Sub. Cap. A70.]
(2)
[Deleted by Cap. A70.].
(3)
The members of a Port Authority shall hold office for two years but shall be eligible for re-appointment.
(4)
Any member of a Port Authority may resign his office at any time by notice in writing addressed to the Minister, and from the date of receipt of such notice by the Minister such member shall be deemed to have resigned and shall cease to be a member of that Port
Authority.
[Am. Ord. No. 1/68; Am. Cap. A70.]
(5)
The office of a member of a Port Authority shall become vacant⎯
(a)
if he dies or becomes bankrupt;
(b)
if he is absent from Sarawak without the approval of the Minister for more than three months, or is absent without such approval for three consecutive meetings of the authority;
(c)
if he resigns;
(d)
if he becomes physically or mentally incapable of performing his duties as a member; or
(e)
if he is concerned in, or participates in, the profits of any contract with, or work done for, the Port Authority otherwise than as a member thereof:
Provided that this paragraph shall not apply to any contract with, or work done by, a Port Authority which is entered into or
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done in the ordinary course of the business of the Port Authority and in which the member receives no preferential treatment over, or more advantageous terms than, other members of the public.
[Am. Ord. No. 1/68.]
(6)
If any member of a Port Authority is temporarily absent or for any other cause temporarily unable to act, the Minister may appoint some person to act temporarily in the place of such member.
[Am. Ord. No. 1/68.]
(7)
[Deleted by Ord. No. 3/72.].
(8)
Every member of a Port Authority may be paid out of the funds of the Port Authority such remuneration for his services as may from time to time be authorized by the Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan
Negeri; and every member of a Port Authority may be paid out of such funds his reasonable expenses for travelling and subsistence while engaged upon the business of the authority.
[Am. Ord. No. 3/72; Am. Ord. No. 9/76; Am. Cap. A28.]
(9)
All appointments and resignations pursuant to this section shall be notified in the Gazette.
Incorporation of Port Authorities