URBAN COUNCILS ACT Chapter 29:15 (b) may appoint assistant valuation officers to assist the valuation officer in carrying out his duties under this Part. (2) A person appointed in terms of subsection (1) may be a member of the Public Service. (3) Notwithstanding the appointment of any assistant valuation officers it shall be the responsibility of the valuation officer appointed in terms of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) to ensure that the duties imposed upon a valuation officer in terms of this Part are carried out. 238 Valuation officer to disclose his interest in property (1) No valuation officer shall make a valuation or assessment of any property in which— (a) he personally has an interest, direct or indirect; or (b) his spouse or a partner or relative of his, within the first degree of consanguinity or affinity, has an interest, direct or indirect; or (c) any company of which he is an officer has an interest, direct or indirect; without first submitting to the town clerk a list of the properties in which he or his spouse, partner or relative, as the case may be, has such an interest. (2) The town clerk shall send the valuation board any list submitted to him in terms of subsection (1). 239 Valuation officer’s powers of entry (1) A valuation officer provided with written authority signed by the town clerk shall have power to enter, at all reasonable hours in the daytime, into and upon any property within the council area for the purpose of valuing or assessing the property in terms of this Part: Provided that a valuation officer shall not enter upon any property in terms of this subsection, unless— (a) he has given to the owner or occupier of the property at least twenty-four hours’ notice in writing of his intention to do so; or (b) he has given, in two issues of a newspaper, notice of his intention to enter upon the property and, if the owner or occupier of the property concerned has so requested in writing, the valuation officer has given such owner or occupier at least twenty-four hours’ notice in writing of his intention to enter upon the property. (2) Any person who obstructs or hinders a valuation officer in the exercise of his duties shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level five or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. [Subsection amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001.] 240 Valuation officer may obtain information (1) A valuation officer may require the owner or occupier or person in charge of any property in the council area to furnish him with information upon such matters as may be necessary to enable him correctly to value or assess such property, including the names of the owner and occupier thereof and any other necessary particulars. (2) If any person refuses or wilfully omits to give any information required in terms of subsection (1) to the best of his knowledge and belief or wilfully makes any false statement in connection therewith he shall be guilty of an offence. 241 Establishment and constitution of valuation board (1) There shall be established for every council area a valuation board which shall have the jurisdiction, powers and authority conferred upon it by this Act. (2) A valuation board shall consist of a president and two other members appointed by the Minister. (3) The president of the valuation board shall be a person who holds the office of President of the Administrative Court. (4) The two members of the valuation board, other than the president, shall be persons who are not councillors or employees of the council and— (a) of those members, one shall be selected by the Minister and the other shall be nominated by the council; 95