No. 2456 Act No. 25, 2000 19. 20. 21. 22. Government Gazette 22 December 2000 11 TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES ACT, 2000 Regulations Repeal of laws and savings Construction of a certain expression Short title and commencement BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of Namibia, as follows:Definitions 1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise “chief” means the supreme traditional leader of a traditional community designated in accordance with section 4(1 )(a) and recognised as such under section 6; “Chief’s Council” means a Chief ’s Council established by section 9; “communal area” means the geographic area habitually inhabited by a specific traditional community, excluding any local authority area as defined in section 1 of the Local Authorities Act, 1992 (Act No. 23 of 1992); “Community Trust Fund” means a Community Trust Fund contemplated in section 18(3); “Council of Traditional Leaders” means the Council of Traditional Leaders established by section 2 of the Council of Traditional Leaders Act, 1997 (Act No. 13 of 1997); “customary law” means the customary law, norms, rules of procedure, traditions and usages of a traditional community in so far as they do not conflict with the Namibian Constitution or with any other written law applicable in Namibia; “designation”, in relation to the institution of a chief or head of a traditional community, includes the election or hereditary succession to the office of a chief or head of a traditional community, and any other method of instituting a chief or head of a traditional community recognised under customary page 11