Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000)SchedulesSchedule 1 : Code of Conduct for Councillors4. Sanctions for non-attendance of meetings |
| (1) | A municipal council may impose a fine as determined by the standing rules and orders of the municipal council on a councillor for: |
| (a) | not attending a meeting which that councillor is required to attend in terms of item 3; or |
| (b) | failing to remain in attendance at such a meeting. |
| (2) | A councillor who is absent from three or more consecutive meetings of a municipal council, or from three or more consecutive meetings of a committee, which that councillor is required to attend in terms of item 3, must be removed from office as a councillor. |
| (3) | Proceedings for the imposition of a fine or the removal of a councillor must be conducted in accordance with a uniform standing procedure which each municipal council must adopt for the purposes of this item. The uniform standing procedure must comply with the rules of natural justice. |