New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) It shall not be necessary in the case of any person elected or appointed to a committee of management of a Maori incorporation that the person be a shareholder in the incorporation.
(2) Without limiting the powers of the court under section 269(4), no person shall be appointed or elected or shall continue to hold office as a member of a committee of management who is or becomes—
(a) a person who is subject to a personal order or a property order made under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 or for whom a trustee corporation is acting as manager under section 32 or 33 of that Act; or
(b) a bankrupt who has not obtained an order of discharge, or whose order of discharge is suspended for a term not yet expired or is subject to conditions not yet fulfilled; or
(c) a person convicted of any offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of 6 months or more, unless that person has served the sentence or otherwise suffered the penalty imposed upon that person.
(3) However, if a property order is made in respect of a member of a committee of management under section 30 of the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988,—
(a) the member does not cease to hold office as a member of the committee by virtue only of the making of that order; but
(b) while that order remains in force, the member is suspended from office.
(4) A member who is suspended from office under subsection (3)—
(a) is deemed to have been granted leave of absence; and
(b) is not capable of acting as a member of the committee during the period of suspension.
Compare: 1967 No 124 s 53(1)–(3)
Section 272(2)(a): substituted, on 10 September 2008, by section 21(3) of the Disability (United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) Act 2008 (2008 No 64).
Section 272(2)(b): amended, on 1 July 2002, by section 37 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 16).
Section 272(3): added, on 10 September 2008, by section 21(4) of the Disability (United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) Act 2008 (2008 No 64).
Section 272(4): added, on 10 September 2008, by section 21(4) of the Disability (United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) Act 2008 (2008 No 64).
