No. 2456 Act No. 25, 2000 Government Gazette 22 December 2000 27 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). page 27