(1) The amendments in
this section are to the Housing Societies Act 1976 .
(2) Section 59(4a) is
repealed and the following subsections are inserted instead —
“
(4a) Where a society has less than 5 directors, or less
than the number of directors that the Registrar has approved under subsection
(2), the Registrar may appoint as a director such person or persons as he
thinks fit.
(4b) The duty to fill
a vacancy in the office of a director within 60 days under subsection (4)
ceases once the Registrar has made an appointment under subsection (4a).
”.