ZIMBABWE YOUTH COUNCIL ACT (as at 1st February 2012)
[Subsection inserted by s. 5 of Act 16/1997.]
cial or district council concerned and each such
council shall, subject to this Act and the directions
of the Minister, have the sole management thereof.
(7) The funds of a provincial council or district
council shall consist of—
(a) entry fees to and takings at youth events
organized and administered by the council;
(b) receipts from projects undertaken by the
council;
(c) receipts from any trading or marketing
activity carried on by the council itself or
jointly with any other person;
and shall include such grants, loans and donations
as may be made to it from time to time by the
Council, any local authority or other person at the
discretion of the Council, local authority or person.
(8) A provincial council or district council shall
invest its funds in a manner approved by the
Minister and the Minister responsible for finance.
(9) The funds of a provincial council or district
council shall, subject to the directions of the
Minister and to subsection (3) of section nine,
which shall apply, mutatis mutandis, be applied to
the matters for which the council has responsibility.
6 Procedure, minutes and accounts
(1) The Council may regulate its own procedure
subject to this Act and any directions of the Minister.
(1a) A majority of members shall constitute a
quorum of the Council.
[Subsection inserted by s. 6 of Act 16/2001.]
(2) The Council shall keep minutes and records
of its meetings and proceedings and such other
records as the Minister may direct.
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[Section repealed by s. 7 of Act 16/1997.
See now section 3A, inserted by s. 3 of the same Act.]
8 Provincial and district councils
(1) Where the Council considers it desirable it
may recommend to the Minister the establishment
of a provincial or district youth council for any
province or district.
(2) Upon the recommendation of a Council in
terms of subsection (1) the Minister may, by notice
in the Gazette, establish for any province or
district a provincial or district youth council which
shall be a body corporate capable of suing and
being sued and, subject to this Act, of performing
all acts that bodies corporate may by law perform.
(3) The membership of a provincial or district
council shall, in accordance with the directions of
the Minister, consist of an equal number of—
(a) members appointed by the Minister, one of
whom shall be the chairman of the council;
and
(b) members elected, in a manner to be arranged
by the Council, by the provincial or district
youth associations concerned.
(4) Sections three C, three D, three E, threeF,
four and five shall apply, mutatis mutandis, in
relation to the membership of a provincial or
district council.
PART III
COUNCIL FINANCE
9 Funds of Council
(1) The funds of the Council shall consist of—
(a) moneys appropriated for the purpose by Act
of Parliament; and
(b) levies raised in terms of sections ten and
eleven; and
(c) loans which have been raised with the
approval of the Minister responsible for finance; and
(d) entry fees to and miscellaneous takings at
youth events organized and administered by
the Council; and
(e) receipts from any trading or marketing
activity carried on by the Council itself or
jointly with some other person or organization; and
(f) any other moneys to which the Council may
become entitled, whether through its activities in carrying out its objects or otherwise.
[Subsection substituted by s. 8 of Act 16/1997.]
(5) The Council may, with the approval of the
Minister, by notice in writing, delegate to a provincial council or district council any of its functions to be exercised in respect of the province or
district for which the provincial or district council
has been established.
(6) The funds of a provincial or district council
shall, subject to Part VI of the Audit and Exchequer Act [Chapter 22:03], be vested in the provin5
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