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Legal representation for City employees and councillors
The City of Cape Town provides legal representation to its employees and councillors when they are involved in legal proceedings resulting from acts or omissions in the performance of their duties, or when summoned to attend an inquest or inquiry related to their duties.
The City of Cape Town (the “City”) is a municipality and as such it is vested in terms of section 109A of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000 (the "Systems Act") with discretionary power to provide an employee or councillor of the City with legal representation, subject to such terms and conditions as it may determine, where – legal proceedings have been instituted against the employee or councillor as the result of any act or omission by the employee or councillor in the exercise of his or her powers or the performance of his or her duties; or the employee or councillor
Places
City of Cape Town, Western Cape
Reference
https://www.capetown.gov.za/_documents/resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/Bylaws%20and%20policies/Provision%20of%20Legal%20Representation%20for%20City%20Employees%20and%20Councillors%20Policy%20%20-%20approved%20on%2022%20June%202011.pdf
Parties
City may provide legal representation to its employees and councillors. It grants the City discretionary authority
