Stamp Duties Act, 1968 (Act 77 of 1968)
R 385
Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004 (Act No. 6 of 2004)Chapter 6 : Valuation Rolls49. Public notice of valuation rolls |
| (1) | The valuer of a municipality must submit the certified valuation roll to the municipal manager, and the municipal manager must within 21 days of receipt of the roll— |
| (a) | publish in the prescribed form in the Provincial Gazette, and once a week for two consecutive weeks advertise in the media, a notice— |
| (i) | stating that the roll is open for public inspection for a period stated in the notice, which may not be less than 30 days from the date of publication of the last notice; and |
| (ii) | inviting every person who wishes to lodge an objection in respect of any matter in, or omitted from, the roll to do so in the prescribed manner within the stated period; |
| (b) | disseminate the substance of the notice referred to in paragraph (a) to the local community in terms of Chapter 4 of the Municipal Systems Act; and |
| (c) | serve, by ordinary mail or, if appropriate, in accordance with section 115 of the Municipal Systems Act, on every owner of property listed in the valuation roll a copy of the notice referred to in paragraph (a) together with an extract of the valuation roll pertaining to that owner's property. |
| (2) | If the municipality has an official website or another website available to it, the notice and the valuation roll must also be published on that website. |
