URBAN COUNCILS ACT Chapter 29:15 “councillor” means a member of a council other than a mayor; “election” … [Definition repealed by s. 16 of Act No. 21 of 1997.] “executive committee” means an executive committee appointed in terms of section ninetytwo; “finance committee” means a finance committee appointed in terms of subsection (2) of section ninety-six; “general election” … [Definition repealed by s. 16 of Act No. 21 of 1997.] “growth point” means an area declared to be a growth point area in terms of the Income Tax Act [Chapter 23:06]; “local authority” means a municipal council, town council, rural district council or local board; “local authority area” means— (a) a council area; or (b) the area for which a rural district council has been established; or (c) the local government area for which a local board has been established; “local board” means a local board which has been established or is deemed to have been established in terms of this Act; “local government area” means any area which has been declared or is deemed to have been declared in terms of this Act to be a local government area; “Local Government Board” means the Local Government Board established by section one hundred and sixteen; “mayor” means the mayor of a municipality who has been elected in terms of section fortynine; “Minister” means the Minister of Local Government, Rural and Urban Development or any other Minister to whom the President may, from time to time, assign the administration of this Act; “municipal area” means the area of a municipality as fixed in terms of this Act or the repealed Act; “municipal council” means a municipal council which has been established or is deemed to have been established in terms of this Act; “municipality” means a municipality which has been established or is deemed to have been established in terms of this Act; “nomination day” … [Definition repealed by s. 16 of Act No. 21 of 1997.] “owner”, in relation to land means— (a) the person in whose name the land is registered in a Deeds Registry; or (b) a person who is a party to an agreement which, on the fulfilment by him of the conditions fixed in that agreement, entitles him to obtain transfer of the land; or (c) a statutory authority or body to which the ownership of the land has been transferred by any Act; and, save in Part IV, includes— (i) the trustee of an insolvent estate or the liquidator of a company being wound up which is so registered as the owner of the land; or (ii) the representative recognized by law of a person so registered as the owner of the land who has died or is a minor or of unsound mind or otherwise under disability; so long as that trustee, liquidator or legal representative is acting within the authority conferred upon him by law; “polling day” … [Definition repealed by s. 16 of Act No. 21 of 1997.] “private drain” means a conduit for the conveyance of storm-water or any surface, subsoil or spring water from one premises to a public drain; 9