South African Postbank SOC Limited Act, 2010 (Act No. 9 of 2010)

Chapter IV : Control and Management of Company

13. Disclosure and disqualification from membership of Board

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(1)No person may be appointed as a Board member or remain a member of the Board if he or she—
(a)is a member of Parliament, any provincial legislature or any municipal council;
(b)is an unrehabilitated insolvent;
(c)has been declared by a court to be mentally ill or disordered;
(d)has at any time been convicted, whether in the Republic or elsewhere, of—
(i)theft, fraud, forgery or uttering a forged document, perjury, an offence in terms of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, 2004 (Act No. 12 of 2004), or any other offence involving dishonesty; or
(ii)an offence under this Act;
(e)has been sentenced, after the commencement of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 (Act No, 200 of 1993), to a period of imprisonment of not less than one year without the option of a fine;
(f)has at any time been removed from an office of trust on account of misconduct;
(g)has any direct or indirect interest in conflict with the business of the Company; or
(h)is not fit and proper to hold the office of a member of the Board of a banking institution as contemplated in the Banks Act.

[Section 13(1)(f)(g)(h) substituted by section 6(a)(b)(c) of the South African Postbank Limited Amendment Act, 2013, Notice No. 54, GG37270, dated 27 January 2014]

 

(2)A person who is subject to a disqualification contemplated in subsection (1)(a), (I)(b) or (1)(g) may be nominated for appointment as a Board member, but may only be appointed if at the time of such appointment he or she is no longer subject to that disqualification.

 

(3)
(a)A person nominated for appointment as a member of the Board must, before appointment, submit to the Minister a written statement containing—

[Words preceding section 13(3)(a)(i), substituted by section 6(d) of the South African Postbank Limited Amendment Act, 2013, Notice No. 54, GG37270, dated 27 January 2014]

(i)a full disclosure of all his or her financial interests; and
(ii)a declaration that he or she has no direct or indirect interests that are in conflict with the business of the Company as contemplated in subsection (1)(g).
(b)If, after appointment, a member of the Board acquires any—
(i)further financial interest contemplated in paragraph (a)(i), the member must immediately in writing declare that fact to the Minister and the Board; or
(ii)direct or indirect interest contemplated in subsection (1)(g), the member must immediately declare that fact to the Minister and the Board.