View source for Local Governance (Amendment) Act, 2017 (Act 940)

==ARRANGEMENT OF SECTION==
:1. Section 10 of Act 936 amended

==PURPOSE==
AN ACT to amend the Local Governance Act, 2016 (Act 936) to provide for the discretion of the President to revoke the appointment of an appointed member of a District Assembly.

==DATE OF ASSENT==
31st January, 2017.

==ACT==

====1. Section 10 of Act 936 amended====
The Local Governance Act, 2016 (Act 936) is amended in section 10 by the substitution for subsection (9) of
:"(9) The appointment of an appointed member of a District Assembly may be revoked by the President
::(a) in the exercise of the discretion of the President; or
::(b) upon the recommendation of three-fourths of the members of the District Assembly on grounds that the member has
:::(i) systematically neglected the duties of an appointed member of a District Assembly, or
:::(ii) committed acts incompatible with the office as a member of the District Assembly for which sufficient evidence is available; or
::(c) upon a complaint made of wrongdoing or improper conduct established to be true after investigation by an ad-hoc committee of the District Assembly."