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PART IV.
Removal from Office of the Members of a Local Authority.
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Removal from office of the members of a local authority.
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44.—(1) If and whenever—
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(a) the Minister, after holding a local inquiry into the performance by a local authority of their duties, is satisfied that such duties are not being duly and effectually performed, or
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(b) a local authority refuses or neglects to comply with a judgment, order, or decree of any court, or
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(c) a local authority refuses after due notice to allow their accounts to be audited by an auditor of the Minister, or
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(d) the members of a local authority capable of acting are less in number than the quorum for meetings of such local authority,
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the Minister may by order remove from office the members of such local authority.
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(2) In this Part of this Act every reference to a removal from office shall be construed as a reference to a removal from office under this section.
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