Local government in the Bahamas: Difference between revisions

[[Image:Districts of the Bahamas (Labeled).png|thumb|centre|600px|Map of The Bahamas with the districts numbered]]

 

 

Every district in the Bahamas has a districts council.<ref>Bahamas Local Government Act 1996, Part IV, Section 10:1 Retrieved-November-27 </ref> A district council is a corporate body with perpetual succession; capable of entering into contracts, of suing and being sued, of acquiring, holdings, leasing and disposing of property of any description, and of doing all such things and entering into such transactions that are within the scope of the ''Local Government Act.''<ref>Bahamas Local Government Act 1996, Part IV, 10:2 Retrieved-November-27 </ref> A District Council consists of nine members ( or any other number of members that the Minister of Local Government may specify by order ). These District Councillors are elected by the population of that district in accordance with [[The Bahamas Local Government Act 1996|Local Government Act]].<ref>Bahamas Local Government Act 1996, Part IV, 10:4 Retrieved-November-27 </ref> Outlined by [[The Bahamas Local Government Act 1996]], Districts councillors shall within two weeks of their election, elect from among themselves a Chief Councillor.<ref>Bahamas Local Government Act 1996, Part IV, 11 Retrieved-November-27 </ref> The Chief Councillor shall be the representative of a Districts Council for all affairs. He or she is to preside over all meetings and also themselves co-ordinate these meetings.<ref>Bahamas Local Government Act 1996, Part IV, 11:2 Retrieved-November-27 </ref>