3. Attendance at meetings
A councillor must attend each meeting of the municipal council and of a committee of which that councillor is a member, except when-
- leave of absence is granted in terms of an applicable law or as determined by the rules and orders of the council; or
- that councillor is required in terms of this Code to withdraw from the meeting.
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Table of contents
- Preamble
- Chapter 1: Interpretation
- Chapter 2: Legal nature and rights and duties of municipalities
- Chapter 3: Functions and powers
- Chapter 4: Community participation
- Chapter 5: Integrated development planning
- Chapter 6: Performance management
- Chapter 7: Local public administration and human resources
- Chapter 8: Municipal services
- Chapter 9: Credit control and debt collection
- Chapter 10: Provincial and National Monitoring and Standard Setting
- Chapter 11: Legal matters
- Chapter 12: Miscellaneous
- Schedule 1: Code of conduct for councillors
- Preamble
- 1. Definitions
- 2. General conduct of councillors
- 3. Attendance at meetings
- 4. Sanctions for non-attendance of meetings
- 5. Disclosure of interests
- 6. Personal gain
- 7. Declaration of interests
- 8. Full-time councillors
- 9. Rewards, gifts and favours
- 10. Unauthorised disclosure of information
- 11. Intervention in administration
- 12. Council property
- 13. Duty of chairpersons of municipal councils
- 14. Breaches of Code
- 15. Application of Code to traditional leaders
- Schedule 2: Code of conduct for municipal staff members
- Schedule 3: Legislation Amended
- Amendment no. 7 of 2011