By-Laws

By-laws are laws that are passed by the council of a municipality to regulate the affairs and the services the municipality provides in its area of jurisdiction. A municipality derives the power to pass a by-law from the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, which gives specified powers and competencies to local government as set out in Part B of Schedule 4 and Part B of Schedule 5.

This is the Bela-Bela Local Municipality's Municipal Code (in terms of Section 15 of the Municipal Systems Act, 2000, Act 32 of 2000). "Municipal code"

15. (1) A municipality must compile and maintain in bound or loose-leaf form, and when feasible also in electronic format, a compilation of all its by-laws, including any provisions incorporated by reference as by-laws of the municipality.

(2) This compilation, to be known as the municipal code, must be-

(a) Constantly updated and annotated; and

(b) Kept at the municipality's head office as the municipality's official record of applicable by-laws.

(3) The municipality, at the request of a member of the public, must provide that person with a copy of or an extract from its municipal code against payment of a reasonable fee determined by the municipal council.