No. 2456
Act No. 25, 2000
Government Gazette 22 December 2000
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TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES ACT, 2000
(2) The Minister shall cause notice to be given in the Gazette of the
election or appointment of any chief or head of a traditional community to a
political office and of the date from which such election or appointment is
offered.
(3) Any person holding a political office who becomes a chief or head
of a traditional community shall with effect from the date that he or she is
recognised as such under section 6, be considered to have taken leave of
absence from the office of chief or head of the traditional community for the
duration of the period that he or she holds such political office.
(4) A chief or head of a traditional community who by virtue of
subsection (l)(a) or (3) is considered to have taken leave of absence from the
office of chief or head of a traditional community shall, during that period of
leave of absence, not be entitled to be accorded the status of chief or head of
a traditional community and to receive the allowance payable to a chief or
head of a traditional community under this Act.
(5) Where a chief or head of a traditional community is considered to
have taken leave of absence under subsection (l)(a) or (3), the members of that
traditional community who are authorized thereto by customary law may
designate, in accordance with section 4 and subject to sections 5 and 6, a
member of that traditional community to act as chief or head of the traditional
community for the duration of that period of leave of absence.
(6) A person duly designated and recognized to act as chief or head of
a traditional community as contemplated in this section shall during the period
that he or she acts as chief or head of the traditional community exercise the
powers and perform the duties and functions of chief or head of that traditional
community and receive allowances payable to a chief or head of a traditional
community under this Act.
(7) For purposes of this section “political office” means the President of
the Republic of Namibia, a member of the National Assembly, National
Council or a Regional Council, and includes a leader of a political party
registered under section 39 of the Electoral Act, 1992 (Act No. 24 of 1992).
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