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Government Gazette 22 December 2000
Act No. 25, 2000
No. 2456
TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES ACT, 2000
traditional community establishes in conflict with the provisions of this Act
another authority purporting to be a traditional authority for such group, and
any member of such last-mentioned authority exercises or performs any of the
functions contemplated in paragraphs (b) and (h) of subsection (1) and
paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3) of this section (a) any such act shall be null and void; and
(b) such member shall be guilty of an offence, and upon conviction be
liable to a fine of N$4 000 or to imprisonment for a period of twelve
months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
Designation of chief or head of traditional community
4. (1) Subject to sections 5 and 6, members of a traditional community
who are authorised thereto by the customary law of that community, may
designate in accordance with that law (a) one person from the royal family of that traditional community, who
shall be instituted as the chief or head, as the case may t»e, of that
traditional community; or
(b) if such community has no royal family, any member of that
traditional community, who shall be instituted as head of that
traditional community.
(2) The qualifications for designation and the tenure of, removal from
and succession to the office of chief or head of a traditional community shall be
regulated by the customary law of the traditional community in respect of
which such chief or head of a traditional community is designated.
Prior notification of designation of chief or head of traditional community
5. (1) If a traditional community intends to designate a chief or head
of a traditional community in terms of this Act (a) the Chief’s Council or the Traditional Council of that community, as
the case may be; or
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