14Public officer of incorporated association

### 14 Public officer of incorporated association > *\[Section 14 Subsection (2) amended by No. 99 of 1986, s. 7 \]**\[Section 14 Subsection (2) amended by No. 43 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 \]**\[Section 14 Subsection (2) amended by No. 13 of 1993, s. 9 \]* > > > (1)  *\[Section 14 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 13 of 1993, s. 9 \]*Unless the committee has appointed another person as public officer, the first public officer of an incorporated association is to be the person who applied for incorporation of the association. > > > (1A)  *\[Section 14 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 13 of 1993, s. 9 \]*The committee of an association may, before an application is made under [section 7](#GS7@EN) for the incorporation of the association, appoint a person to be the public officer of the association on its incorporation. > > > (1B)  *\[Section 14 Subsection (1B) inserted by No. 13 of 1993, s. 9 \]*If the office of public officer of an association at any time becomes vacant, the committee of the association must, within 14 days after it becomes vacant, appoint a person to fill the vacancy. > > > (1C)  *\[Section 14 Subsection (1C) inserted by No. 13 of 1993, s. 9 \]*A person is not eligible to be appointed as a public officer of an incorporated association unless the person has attained the age of 18 years and is resident in the State. > > > (2)  *\[Section 14 Subsection (2) amended by No. 55 of 1965, s. 5 \]*If the committee of an association fails to comply with [subsection (1B)](#GS14@Gs1B@EN) , each member of the committee is guilty of an offence. > > > > Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 1 penalty unit. > > > (3)  The public officer of an incorporated association may, unless the rules of the association otherwise provide, hold any other office in the association except the office of auditor. > > > (4)  Notwithstanding that the rules of an incorporated association do not make provision for the appointment of a public officer, the association has power from time to time to appoint a public officer and to remove any person so appointed from his office as public officer. > > > (5)  *\[Section 14 Subsection (5) amended by No. 9 of 1982, s. 7 and Sched. 10 \]*The office of public officer of an incorporated association becomes vacant if the person holding that office – > > > > > > (a) dies; > > > > > > > (b) becomes bankrupt, or applies to take or takes advantage of any law relating to bankrupt or insolvent debtors or compounds with his creditors, or makes any assignment of his estate for their benefit; > > > > > > > (c) [*\[Section 14 Subsection (5) amended by No. 32 of 1996, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Nov 1999\]*](/view/html/inforce/1999-11-01/act-1996-032#JS1@Ja6@GC1@EN) is unable to perform the duties of the office competently; > > > > > > > (d) resigns his office by writing under his hand addressed to the committee of the association; or > > > > > > > (e) ceases to be resident in the State.