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[Definition repealed by s. 16 of Act No. 21 of 1997.]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[Definition repealed by s. 16 of Act No. 21 of 1997.]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repealed Act;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[Definition repealed by s. 16 of Act No. 21 of 1997.]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;
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