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STAATSKOERANT, 19 MAART 2002 No.
I, Fholisani Sydney Mufamadi, Minister for Provincial and Local Government, in terms of section 154 of the Constitution, hereby publishthe Local Government: Municipal Structures Amendment Bill, 2002, for public comment.
1 Words in type in square indicate omissions bold brackets from existing enactments. Wordsunderlinedwithasolid line indicate insertionsinexisting enactments.
To amend the Local Government: MunicipalStructures Act, 1998, in order to enable a member of a Municipal Council to become a member of another party whilst retaining membership of that Council; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
AND WHEREAS section 157(2) of the Constitution requires an electoral system for local government comprising either proportional representation or proportional representation combined with a system of ward representation.
No.23247 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19 MARCH 2002 any existing party to merge with another party, or any party to subdivide into more thanoneparty,.
Amendment of section 27 of Act 117 of 1998, as amended by section 93 of Act 27 of 2000 and section 121 of Act 32 of2000 1. Section27 of the Local Government: MunicipalStructuresAct,1998(ActNo. 117 of 1998), is hereby amended by the deletion of paragraphs (c) and(9 of subsection (t).
ThisAct is calledthe LocalGovernment: Municipal StructuresAmendment Act, 2002.
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1.1 On 13 November2001theNationalAssemblygavepermissiontothe Assembly'sPortfolioCommitteeonJusticeandConstitutionalDevelopmentto proceed with the consideration of the Loss or Retention of Membership of National and Provincial Legislatures Bill,2001 (the Membership Bill).
0 a party may subdivide into more than one party.
1.6 The proposed amendment to the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act No, 117 of 1998, hereafter referred to as "the Structures Act"), is intended to compliment the constitutional amendments proposed by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development in respect of the local government sphere.
2.2 Clause 2 of the Bill provides for the Short title.