CAP. 62B Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation [Rev. 2012] 7. Conduct of business and affairs of the Board (1) The conduct and regulation of the business and affairs of the Board shall be as provided in the Schedule. (2) Except as provided in the Schedule, the Board may regulate its own procedure. 8. Delegation by the Board The Board may, by resolution either generally or in any particular case, delegate to any committee or to any member, officer, employee or agent of the Board, the exercise of any of the powers or the performance of any of the functions or duties of the Board under this Act or under any other written law. 9. Chief Executive Officer (1) There shall be a Chief Executive of the Board who shall be appointed by the Board. (2) The Chief Executive Officer shall hold office for a period of not more than five years, on such terms and conditions of employment as the Board may determine, and shall be eligible for re-appointment. (3) The Chief Executive Officer shall be an ex officio member of the Board but shall have no right to vote at any meeting of the Board. (4) The Chief Executive Officer shall— (a) subject to the direction of the Board, be responsible for the day to day management of the Board; (b) in consultation with the Board, be responsible for the direction of the affairs and transactions of the Board, the exercise, discharge and performance of its objectives, functions and duties, and the general administration of the Board; and (c) be the secretary of the Board. 10. Staff The Board may appoint such officers, agents and other staff as are necessary for the proper and efficient discharge of the functions of the Board under this Act, upon such terms and conditions of service as the Board may determine. 11. The common seal of the Board (1) The common seal of the Board shall be kept in the custody of the Chief Executive Officer or of such other person as the Board may direct, and shall not be used except upon the order of the Board. (2) The common seal of the Board, when affixed to a document and duly authenticated, shall be judicially and officially noticed, and unless the contrary is proved, any necessary order or authorisation by the Board under this section shall be presumed to have been duly given. (3) The common seal of the Board shall be authenticated by the signature of the chairperson of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer. [Issue 1] P35 - 8