Local Government Act 1976 · Updated to 1 Dec 2012 · Part IV · Conduct of Business
27. Minutes to be kept of all proceedings
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Committee appointed by it, including the names of the Councillors present, and the names of all Councillors voting on any question for the decision of which a division is called.
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:
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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.