Legal Briefs: Can a District Councillor be Employed by a Local Municipality within the District?
There is currently no legal provision that directly prohibits a local municipality's employee from sitting on the district council. However, there is a real possibility that if such a case would ever come to court, the court would that there is a conflict of interest.
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Legal Briefs: Can a District Councillor be Employed by a Local Municipality within the District?
There is currently no legal provision that directly prohibits a local municipality's employee from sitting on the district council. However, there is a real possibility that if such a case would ever come to court, the court would that there is a conflict of interest.