7. Declaration of interests
- When elected or appointed, a councillor must within 60 days declare in writing to the municipal manager the following financial interests held by that councilor;
- shares and securities in any company;
- membership of any close corporation;
- interest in any trust;
- directorships;
- partnerships;
- other financial interests in any business undertaking;
- employment and remuneration;
- interest in property;
- pension; and
- subsidies, grants and sponsorships by any organisation.
- Any change in the nature or detail of the financial interests of a councillor must be declared in writing to the municipal manager annually.
- Gifts received by a councillor above a prescribed amount must also be declared in accordance with subitem (1).
- The municipal council must determine which of the financial interests referred in subitem (1) must be made public having regard to the need for confidentiality and the public interest for disclosure.
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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