7.15 A resolution in writing, signed by such Directors constituting a quorum and present in
Singapore, shall be valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Board
duly convened and held.
7.16 A member of the Board of Directors having a personal interest, or intended interest in
the profits of any contract made or intended to be made, or the making of which is
under consideration, shall forthwith declare the same, withdraw from all further
discussion in respect thereof, exercise no vote in regard thereto, and be denied all
information in respect thereof to which he would otherwise have been entitled as a
member of the Board.
7.17 An interest of a member of the Director's family shall be treated as an interest of the
Directors. The spouse and children under twenty-one years of age, including step- .
children and adopted children, shall be deemed to be members of the family.
7.18 A full and correct record shall be kept of all proceedings of the Board of Directors in
carrying out their duties, and the records shall be available for inspection by the
Registrar and by the external auditor.
7.19 The services of all members of the Board of Directors shall be gratuitous. A member of
the Board of Directors may receive an honorarium or, if he is an Honorary Secretary or
Treasurer, an allowance from the Society, provided .that the payment of an honorarium
or allowance has to be authorised by a resolution to that effect passed by a general
meeting of the Society, and the amount of the honorarium and allowance shall not
exceed a sum to be fixed from, time to time by the Registrar. An Honorary Secretary
or Treasurer who is in receipt of an allowance shall not be entitled to receive an
honorarium as a member of the Board.
8.
OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY
8.1
The Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer of the Board of Directors shall
be the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer of the Society respectively.
8.2.1 The duties of the Chairman shall include the following:
(a) to preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and, if necessary, at the general
meetings of the Society; .
(b) to exercise general supervision over the officers and employees of the Society;
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