Local Governance (Amendment) Act, 2017 Act 940

LOCAL GOVERNANCE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017 (ACT 940)
ACT 940
REPUBLIC OF GHANA
THE NINE HUNDRED AND FORTIETH
ACT
OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA
ENTITLED
LOCAL GOVERNANCE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017
AN ACT to amend the Local Governance Act, 2016 (Act 936) to provide for the discretion of
the President to revoke the appointment of an appointed member of a District Assembly. DATE OF ASSENT: 31st January, 2017.

ovide for the discretion of
the President to revoke the appointment of an appointed member of a District Assembly. DATE OF ASSENT: 31st January, 2017.

PASSED by Parliament and assented to by the President:
Section 10 of Act 936 amended
The Local Governance Act, 2016 (Act 936) is amended in section 10 by the substitution for
subsection (9) of
"(9) The appointment of an appointed member of a District Assembly may be revoked by the
President
(a) in the exercise of the discretion of the President; or
(b) upon the recommendation of three-fourths of the members of the District Assembly on
grounds that the member has
(i) systematically neglected the duties of an appointed member of a District Assembly, or
(ii) committed acts incompatible with the office as a member of the District Assembly for
which sufficient evidence is available; or
(c) upon a complaint made of wrongdoing or improper conduct established to be true after
investigation by an ad-hoc committee of the District Assembly."
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Date of Gazette Notification: 31st January, 2017.
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