URBAN COUNCILS ACT Chapter 29:15 (c) uses foul, abusive or insulting language towards any person referred to in paragraph (b); or (d) falsely holds himself out to be a mayor, chairman of a council or councillor or an employee or contractor of a council; shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level five or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. [Section amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001.] 320 [General penalty] … [Section repealed by s. 4 of Act 22/2001.] 321 Savings and transitional provisions (1) Notwithstanding the repeal of the repealed Act— (a) any municipality or municipal council, whether or not it had been raised to the status of a city and city council, respectively, town council, local board or township board which was established or deemed to have been established or any local government area which had been declared or deemed to have been declared under the repealed Act and which was in existence immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, shall continue in existence and shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to have been established or declared under the appropriate provisions of this Act; (b) the persons who, immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, were members of a council or board referred to in paragraph (a) shall continue in office as though they had been elected in accordance with this Act for the remainder of their terms of office unless sooner terminated in terms of this Act; (c) any voters’ roll prepared by a council or board referred to in paragraph (a) which was in force immediately before the date of commencement of this Act shall continue in force, and this Act shall apply in relation thereto as though it had been prepared under this Act; (d) any by-laws which were made or continued in force under the repealed Act and which were in force immediately before the date of commencement of this Act shall continue in force as though they were, and shall be deemed to be, by-laws, made under the appropriate provisions of this Act and may be amended or repealed as though they had been so made; (e) any declaration, direction, regulation or notice which was made or other thing which was done by the President, the Minister or any other such authority in terms of any provision of the repealed Act and which was in force immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, shall, continue in force, mutatis mutandis, as though it had been made or done under the appropriate provisions of this Act; (f) any rate levied, standing order made, resolution passed, delegation made, agreement entered into, estimates approved or other thing done by a council or board referred to in paragraph (a) shall continue to have effect on and after the date of commencement of this Act as though it had been levied, made, passed, entered into, approved or done under the appropriate provisions of this Act; (g) any right to impound or acquire water granted to a council in terms of any enactment repealed by the repealed Act and in force immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, shall remain in force and this Act shall, mutatis mutandis, continue to apply in relation to the exercise of that right until such time as that right is replaced by a water right issued in terms of the Water Act, 1976 (No. 41 of 1976). (2) Anything done in terms of the Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) (Urban Councils) Regulations, 1995, published in Statutory Instrument 148A of 1995, for the purpose of an election of councillors or for the office of mayor shall be valid as if it had been done in terms of this Act, and any person elected as councillor or mayor in terms of those regulations shall be deemed to have been elected councillor or mayor, as the case may be, in terms of this Act and shall assume office as such on the date of commencement of this Act. 131