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URBAN COUNCILS ACT
which a person is permitted by subsection (2) or (3) of section one hundred and ninety-five to
carry on within the specified area:
Provided that—
(i) in relation to any portion of the specified area which is within another local authority
area, the agreement of that local authority shall be obtained before any determination
is made in terms of this subsection;
(ii) where there is no local authority in respect of any area within the specified area or
the municipal council and a local authority referred to in proviso (i) cannot agree on
any matter referred to therein, the approval of the Minister shall be obtained before
any determination is made in terms of this subsection;
(iii) places for the setting down and taking up of passengers on a road which is not vested
in or maintained by the council shall be determined in consultation with the
appropriate road authority as defined in the Roads Act [Chapter 13:12].
(4) Any person who, in the course of carrying on any service mentioned in subsection (4) of
section one hundred and ninety-five or in terms of subsection (2) or (3)—
(a) takes up or sets down any passenger at an unauthorized place or terminal point; or
(b) carries any passenger for hire or reward along an unauthorized route;
within the council area, any other area under the administration and control of the council or the
specified area, as the case may be, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not
exceeding level three.
[Subsection amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001.]
(5) On a second or subsequent conviction of an offence in terms of subsection (4), the court
may, in addition to any penalty authorized by this Act, cancel the road service permit relating to
the vehicle used in connection with the commission of the offence, and a copy of such
cancellation order shall be forwarded by the clerk of the court to the Controller of Road Motor
Transportation.
197 Transport service
A council may enter into agreements for the provision and working of a transport service,
other than an omnibus service, for the carriage of passengers and, subject to such agreements,
may incur expenditure in relation to that transport service or any thing incidental thereto,
including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the guaranteeing of the capital
cost thereof and interest thereon and the granting of subsidies in respect thereof.
PART XV
OTHER POWERS OF COUNCIL
198 General powers
(1) Subject to compliance with this Act and any other law, a council shall have power to
undertake, carry out or carry on any or all of the acts and things set out in the Second Schedule.
(2) The Minister may authorize a council to do, carry out or carry on any act or thing which,
in his opinion, is necessary or desirable that the council should be able to do, carry out or carry
on, whether or not the act or thing is an extension of any power set out in the Second Schedule
or elsewhere in this Act.
(3) Subject to this Act, a council shall have power to do any act or thing which, in the
opinion or the council, is necessary for administering or giving effect to any by-laws of the
council.
199 Enforcement of conditions of title
(1) Subject to this section, a council shall have a duty to do all things necessary to ensure
that the conditions of the establishment of any township within the council area and the
conditions of title to any land in the council area are properly observed and, without derogation
from the generality of the foregoing may, for such purposes, inter alia—
(a) without compensation, cause any building wilfully erected in contravention of any such
condition to be demolished and recover from any person responsible for the contravention
the expenses incurred by the council in connection with such demolition;
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