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Government Gazette 22 December 2000
Act No. 25, 2000
(iii)
No. 2456
TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES ACT, 2000
such group of persons do not comprise a sufficient number
of members to warrant a traditional authority to be
established in respect thereof; and
(b) that there are no reasonable grounds for recognizing such group of
persons as a separate traditional community, the Minister shall
advise the President accordingly.
(4) The President shall on receipt of the Minister’s advice under
subsection (3) refer the matter to the Council of Traditional Leaders for its
consideration and recommendation.
(5) The Council of Traditional Leaders shall submit to the President any
recommendation it may wish to make in respect of any matter referred to it in
terms of subsection (4) not later than 12 months after the date of referral of that
matter to it.
(6) On (a) receipt of a recommendation referred to in subsection (5); or
(b) failure of the Council of Traditional Leaders to make such
recommendation within the time frame prescribed by that
subsection,
the President shall in his or her discretion and in writing, either reject the
proposed designation on any of the grounds mentioned in subsection (3)(a) or
(b), or grant approval for such designation to the members of the traditional
community in question.
(7) On receipt of any written approval granted under subsection (2) or
(6), the Chief ’s Council or Traditional Council or, in a situation contemplated
in subsection (l)(b), the members of the traditional community, as the case may
be, shall in writing give the Minister prior notification of the date, time and
place of the designation in question, whereupon the Minister or his or her
representative shall attend that designation, and shall (a) witness the designation of the chief or head of the traditional
community in question; and
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