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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
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