Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003 (Act No. 56 of 2003)

Chapter 7 : Responsibilities of Mayors

57. Municipalities which do not have mayors
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(1)The council of a municipality which does not have a mayor, must designate a councillor to exercise the powers and duties assigned by this Act to a mayor.

 

(2)A reference in this Act to the mayor of a municipality must, in the case of a municipality which does not have a mayor, be construed as a reference to a councilor designated by the council of the municipality in terms of subsection (1).