Section 27

All minutes shall be confirmed and signed by the Chairman of the meeting.

The minutes of all proceedings of the local authority shall be kept at the office of the local authority and shall at all reasonable times be open to the inspection of any Councillor or rate-payer of the local authority area and of any officer of the Government of the

Federation or of the State in which such local authority area is situate, any of whom may at all reasonable times make a copy of any part thereof without fee:

Provided that the minutes of the proceedings of any Committee shall not be open to inspection by a rate-payer unless the local authority otherwise directs.

The minutes of proceedings at a meeting of the local authority or of a Committee duly signed by the Chairman of the meeting at which the minutes are signed shall be received in evidence without further proof and, subject to all just exceptions, shall be evidence of the matters stated therein.

Appointment of Committees