URBAN COUNCILS ACT Chapter 29:15 39 Composition of council and terms of office of councillors (1) On the establishment of a council the Minister shall, by statutory instrument, determine— (a) the number of councillors, being not less than six, which shall compose the council; and (b) if the council area is divided into wards, the number of councillors to be returned for each ward, and in so doing he may— (i) determine that only one councillor shall be returned for a ward; (ii) fix different numbers of councillors for different wards. (2) The Minister may— (a) after the exercise of powers in terms of subsection (2) of section four and after consultation with the council concerned, exercise the powers conferred upon him by subsection (1) for the purpose of altering the number of councillors on the council or for a ward so as to give effect to any proposals relating thereto which were set out in a notice published in terms of section eleven; (b) at any time after the establishment of a council, in circumstances not referred to in paragraph (a) and at the request of the council, exercise the powers conferred upon him by subsection (1) for the purpose of altering the number of councillors on the council or for a ward. (3) In the event of— (a) a council area being divided or redivided into wards or the boundaries of one or more wards being altered; or (b) the number of wards in a council area being altered in circumstances not provided for in section seventy-nine; or (c) the division of a council area into wards being abolished; or (d) the number of councillors assigned to a council or ward being reduced; the Minister shall determine which of the existing councillors shall represent each ward or remain in office, as the case may be, and shall determine any question arising in connection therewith and, without derogation from the generality of the foregoing, the Minister may for such purposes, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, curtail or extend the term of office of any or all of the councillors: Provided that the Minister shall not make a determination in terms of this subsection curtailing the terms of office of all councillors until— (a) he has given notice of his intention in two issues of a newspaper inviting representations on such proposals; and (b) a period of twenty-one days has elapsed since the first publication of the notice. 40 Qualifications for election as councillors … [Section repealed by s. 24 of Act No. 21 of 1997.] 41 Disqualifications of councillors (1) … [Subsection repealed by s. 25 of Act No. 21 of 1997.] (2) … [Subsection repealed by s. 25 of Act No. 21 of 1997.] (3) … [Subsection repealed by s. 25 of Act No. 21 of 1997.]. (4) … [Subsection repealed by s. 25 of Act No. 21 of 1997.] (5) … [Subsection repealed by s. 25 of Act No. 21 of 1997.] (6) … [Subsection repealed by s. 25 of Act No. 21 of 1997.] (7) A councillor who is convicted of an offence and sentenced to imprisonment for a period of six months or more shall forthwith cease to exercise his functions or to be entitled to any 23