Local Government (Amendment) Act 2023 (Act No. 7 of 2023)
Made 2023-05-24 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Act
- Country
- Mauritius
- Subjects
- General
- Keywords
- governance, local government
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Local Government (Amendment) Act 2023. 84 Acts 2023
2. Interpretation In this Act – “principal Act” means the Local Government Act.
3. Section 10A of principal Act amended Section 10A of the principal Act is amended, in subsection (2), by deleting the words “subsection 12A(1), the life of 6 years” and replacing them by the words “section 12A(1) or (1A), the life”.
4. Section 12A of principal Act amended Section 12A of the principal Act is amended – (a) by inserting, after subsection (1), the following new subsection – (1A) At any time during the extended period of the life of the entire Municipal City Council and Municipal Town Councils, or entire Village Councils under subsection (1), the President, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, shall, notwithstanding subsection (1), further extend such life for a period of 2 years by Proclamation. (b) in subsection (2), by deleting the words “subsection (1), the life of 6 years” and replacing them by the words “subsection (1) or (1A), the life”. Passed by the National Assembly on the twenty third day of May two thousand and twenty three. Urmeelah Devi Ramchurn (Ms) Acting Clerk of the National Assembly __________________ By Authority: Government Printing Department, La Tour Koenig 44/05/2023 –872