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IN exercise of the power
conferred on the Minister
responsible for Local Government
and Rural Development by
subsection (1) of section 3 of
the Local Governance Act, 2016
(Act 936) and with the prior
approval of the Cabinet, this
Instrument is made this 8th
day of June, 2017.
-Establishment of Assembly
1.
There is hereby established a
District Assembly to be known as
the Atwima Kwanwoma District
Assembly referred to in this
Instrument as "Assembly" for the
area specified in the First
Schedule.
Composition of members of
Assembly
2.
(1) The Assembly shall consist
of the following members:
(a)
the District Chief Executive,
(b)
thirty-three persons
representing the electoral areas
within the District elected by
universal adult suffrage in
accordance with regulations made
for that purpose by the
Electoral Commission,
(c)
the member or members of
Parliament from the
constituencies that fall within
the area of authority of the
Assembly, except that the member
or members shall have no voting
rights, and
(d)
other persons not exceeding
thirty per cent of the total
membership of the Assembly
appointed by the President in
consultation with the
traditional authorities and
other
interest groups in the District.
(2) The members appointed under
paragraph (d) of
subregulation (1) may be
reappointed.
(3) Elections to the Assembly
shall be held once every four
years except that such elections
and elections to Parliament
shall be held at least six
months apart.
(4) For the purpose of election
to the Assembly, the area of
authority of the Assembly shall
be divided into the electoral
areas specified in the First
Schedule.
(5) The Assembly may conduct its
business in English and in any
Ghanaian language common to the
communities in the District.
(6) The emoluments of the
members of the Assembly shall,
unless otherwise provided in the
Local Governance Act, 2016 (Act
936), be determined by the
Assembly and shall be paid out
of the resources of the
Assembly.
Functions of Assembly
3.
(1) The Assembly shall perform
the functions conferred on
District Assemblies by the Local
Governance Act, 2016 (Act 936).
(2) Without limiting the scope
of subregulation (1), the
Assembly shall perform the
functions set out in the Second
Schedule.
Common Seal
4.
(1) The Assembly shall have a
Common Seal which shall be
approved by the Minister and
published in the Gazette.
(2) Until the time as the Common
Seal approved in sub regulation
(1) is available, a rubber stamp
bearing the inscription "Atwima
Kwanwoma District Assembly"
shall be used as the Common
Seal.
Administrative area of authority
5.
The area of authority of the
Assembly shall comprise the area
specified in the First Schedule.
Location of principal offices of
Assembly
6.
The Assembly shall establish its
principal offices at Twedie
where meetings of the Assembly
shall be held.
Inaugural meeting
7.
(1) The Assembly shall hold its
inaugural meeting on the date as
the Minister shall with the
prior approval of the Cabinet
determine.
(2) A Presiding Member of the
Assembly shall be elected at the
inaugural meeting.
Revocation
8.
(1) The Local Government (Atwima
Kwanwoma District Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument, 2007
(L.l. 1853) is hereby revoked.
(2) Despite the revocation of
L.I. 1853, units that were in
existence under the revoked
Instrument immediately before
the commencement of these
Regulations shall operate as
units under the Assembly within
which they fall under this
Instrument until the electoral
areas are revised by the
Electoral Commission.
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