Section 158
Liability of Councillors, etc., for negligence or dereliction of duty
of Local Authorities Ordinance, 1996
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(1)
Every Councillor and every officer or servant of the local authority, shall, on a resolution of the local authority or on the direction of the Permanent Secretary to that effect, be liable to refund to the revenues of the local authority all or any part of any loss or deficiency of cash, valuable consideration, goods or property, attributable in whole or in part to the negligence of, or dereliction of duty by, such Councillor, officer or servant.
(2)
Whenever any Councillor, officer or servant of the local authority is made liable to refund to the revenues of the local authority all or any part of any loss or deficiency under subsection (1), he may appeal to the Minister, who may affirm, rescind or vary the resolution or direction, as the case may be, and whose decision shall be final.