Section 12
District Council
of Local Authorities Ordinance, 1996
State OrdinanceIn forceProvision 13 of 182
Section 12
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(1)
A District Council shall consist of—
(a)
a Chairman;
(b)
a Deputy Chairman; and
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(c)
not less than six and not more than thirty other
Councillors, to be appointed by the Yang di-Pertua Negeri.
[Sub. Cap. A160/2013.]
(2)
A District Officer, unless he is appointed Chairman or
Deputy Chairman of a District Council, shall be an ex officio member of the District Council for the District in which he is serving.
(3)
An ex officio member of a District Council shall be entitled to attend meetings thereof and give his views on any issue or question under deliberation, but shall not have any voting rights and shall not be counted for the purposes of determining whether there is a quorum for the meeting.