Corporation of councils
19 Corporation of councils
A council is a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal.
The corporate name of a council – in a municipal area in which there is a city, is to contain the name of the city or the name of the municipal area; or in a municipal area which is not a city, is to contain the name of the municipal area.
The common seal is to be kept and used as authorized by the council.
The execution of a document sealed by a council is to be attested by such persons as the council determines.
All courts and persons acting judicially must take judicial notice of the common seal on a document and presume that it was duly sealed by a council.
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