URBAN COUNCILS ACT Chapter 29:15 (i) a copy of the proposed by-law will be open to inspection at the office of the council during office hours for a period of thirty days from the date of the last publication of that notice in the newspaper; and (ii) objections to the proposed by-law may be lodged with the town clerk in writing before a specified date, being not less than thirty days after the date of the last publication of the notice in the newspaper. (7) If at end of the period referred to in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of subsection (6)— (a) no objections have been lodged, the council shall submit the proposed by-law to the Minister for his approval in terms of section two hundred and twenty-nine; (b) any objection has been lodged, the council shall reconsider the proposed by-law, together with the objections thereto, and if it thereafter resolves— (i) to alter the by-law from its advertised form, it shall readvertise the by-law in accordance with the requirements of subsections (5) and (6); (ii) to pass the proposed by-law in its advertised form, it shall submit that by-law to the Minister for his approval in terms of section two hundred and twenty-nine: Provided that the council may at the same time request the Minister to exercise his powers in terms of proviso (i) to subsection (2) of section two hundred and twenty-nine to take account of any objection. (8) The notice to councillors of a meeting held to reconsider a proposed by-law in terms of paragraph (b) of subsection (7) shall contain a copy of all the objections to that proposed bylaw which have been duly lodged unless all councillors have been previously circulated with a copy of such objections. 229 Approval of by-laws by the Minister (1) After any proposed by-law has been passed by the council, it shall be submitted to the Minister, together with a copy of any objections thereto that have been lodged and the comments or recommendations of the council on the objections, for his approval. (2) On receipt of any by-laws submitted in terms of subsection (1) the Minister may approve the proposed by-laws or withhold his approval thereof as he thinks fit, and if the proposed bylaws are in their nature divisible he may approve part of the proposed by-laws and withhold his approval to any part thereof: Provided that— (i) if, in the opinion of the Minister, the proposed by-laws are substantially the same as any model by-laws made in terms of section two hundred and thirty he may refuse to approve the proposed by-laws and, after the council has been consulted, direct that the council shall adopt, in terms of section two hundred and thirty, such model by-laws, either wholly or in part and with or without modifications; (ii) before approving the proposed by-laws the Minister may, after the council has been consulted, modify or amend them if such modification or amendment appears to him to be advisable and not opposed to the true spirit and intent of the by-laws as advertised. (3) Where the Minister approves only part of the by-laws submitted to him or modifies or amends those by-laws in terms subsection (2), it shall not be necessary for section two hundred and twenty-eight relating to the advertisement, deposit or lying open to inspection to be again complied with. (4) Once the Minister has approved any by-laws submitted to him in terms of subsection (1), either wholly or in part and with or without modification or amendment in terms of this section, the by-laws as so approved shall be published in a statutory instrument and shall have the force of law in the area to which the by-laws apply with effect from the date of such publication or any later date specified in the by-laws. 230 Model by-laws (1) Subject to section two hundred and thirty-two, the Minister may publish in a statutory instrument model by-laws providing for any of the purposes for which a council may in terms of 87