| (1) |
Subject to subsection (2), a councillor may be removed from office on account of— |
| (b) |
inability to perform the duties of his or her office efficiently; |
| (c) |
absence from three consecutive meetings of the Council without the permission of the Council, except on good cause shown; |
| (e) |
failure to disclose an interest in terms of section 12(2)(a) or voting or attendance at, or participation in, proceedings of the Council while having an interest contemplated in section 12(1); |
| (f) |
his or her becoming disqualified as contemplated in section 6(1); or |
| (g) |
refusal to sign a performance agreement. |
[Subsection (1) amended by section 11(a), (b) and (c) of Act No. 3 of 2006]
| (2) |
A councillor may be removed from office only on— |
| (a) |
finding to that effect by the National Assembly; and |
| (b) |
the adoption by the National Assembly of a resolution calling for that councillor's removal from office. |
| (a) |
may suspend a councillor from office at any time after the start of the proceedings of the National Assembly for the removal of that councillor; |
| (b) |
must remove a councillor from office upon adoption by the National Assembly of the resolution calling, for that councillor's removal; |
| (c) |
must suspend a councillor from office at any time after the start of the proceedings of the National Assembly for the removal of that councillor upon the request of the National Assembly. |
[Paragraph (c) inserted by section 11(e) of Act No. 3 of 2006]
[Subsection (2) amended by section 11(d) of Act No. 3 of 2006]
Municipal Demarcation Act, 1998
