Chapter 29:15 URBAN COUNCILS ACT (b) that a copy of the proposal is open for inspection during office hours at the office of the council for a period of twenty-one days from the date of the last publication of the notice in a newspaper; and (c) that any person who objects to the proposal may lodge his objection with the town clerk within the period of twenty-one days referred to in paragraph (b). (3) The council shall submit a copy of the notice referred to in subsection (2) to the Minister not later than the date of the first publication of that notice in a newspaper. (4) A council may not, subject to section one hundred and fifty-three, sell, exchange, lease, donate or otherwise dispose of or permit the use of any land owned by the council which lies within an area for which— (a) there is no approved town planning scheme, unless — (i) a copy of the proposal and of the notice published in terms of subsection (2), together with any objections which have been lodged and the comments of the council on such objections, have been transmitted to the Minister; and (ii) the Minister has consented to the sale, exchange, lease, donation or other disposition or permission to use, as the case may be : Provided that the Minister shall not consent unless he is satisfied that an adequate area of land, suitable for the purpose, has, where necessary, been reserved for State purposes or for postal and telecommunication services; or (b) there is an approved town planning scheme, unless — (i) the period of twenty-one days referred to in subsection (2) has expired; and (ii) if any objections have been lodged they have been considered by the council. (5) Notwithstanding subsection (2), modifications or amendments to the proposal advertised in terms of that subsection may be made if they are of a minor nature and are not opposed to the true spirit and intent of such proposal— (a) where the consent of the Minister is required in terms of paragraph (a) of subsection (4), by the Minister after consultation with the council; or (b) by the council; without re-advertising the proposal. (6) Where, in granting his consent in terms of paragraph (a) of subsection (4) the Minister has imposed any terms or conditions, the council shall ensure that those terms and conditions are observed in any contract, lease or other instrument entered into in connection with the sale, exchange, lease, donation or other disposition of or permission to use the land, as the case may be. (7) Any land reserved for State purposes, whether in terms of an approved town planning scheme or in terms of the approval of the Minister in terms of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subsection (4), which is required for the purposes of a police station or school shall, upon the sale, exchange, lease, donation or other disposition of land in terms of this section and upon request of the Minister, at the cost of the council, be transferred to the President and the council shall not be entitled to any payment or compensation for any such land so transferred but shall be entitled to recover the costs incurred by the council in surveying such land: Provided that— (i) where the reservation is situated on township land granted to the council in trust for the inhabitants of the council area in terms of a deed which stipulates that a certain percentage of such township land shall be surrendered free of cost for State purposes, any land transferred to the President in terms of this subsection shall, if the balance of the percentage of land remaining is equal to or greater than the land transferred, be deducted from that percentage; (ii) the exhaustion of the percentage referred to in proviso (i) shall not prevent the operation of this subsection. (8) If land which has been acquired by the State in terms of subsection (7) or any portion thereof— 54