Article 184. Principles and structures of local government
Speaker of a district council
This is the official English text as consolidated on 31 December 2023. The English text is the law.
(1)
Each district council shall have a speaker elected by the district council from among its members; but a person shall only be taken to have been elected if the votes cast in his or her favour are more than fifty percent of all the members of the council.
(2)
The speaker of the council shall, in relation to the council, perform similar functions to those of the Speaker of Parliament.