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- Article 1In applying the provisions of this Law, the following expressions and words shall have the meaning indicated opposite each: 1 - Municipality: the Municipal Council and…
- Article 4The Municipal Council shall consist of: 1- Ten members elected in accordance with the provisions of Law No. )35( of 1962, provided that one member is elected for each of…
- Article 5The Constitutional Court shall have jurisdiction to hear electoral challenges submitted concerning Municipal Council elections. Every voter may request the annulment of…
- Article 6The Council's term shall be four Gregorian years from the date of its first meeting. The election shall be called within the sixty days preceding the end of that term.…
- Article 7The first meeting shall be held under the chairmanship of the oldest member until the Council elects a president and a vice-president. Before undertaking his duties, the…
- Article 8Subject to Article (7) of this Law, the Council shall elect, at its first meeting and for a term equal to its own, a chair and deputy chair from among its members.
- Article 9Applications for candidacy for the positions of Council President and his Deputy shall be submitted to the oldest member presiding. The President and Deputy President…
- Article 11The remuneration of the Chairman of the Council, the Deputy Chairman, and the members shall be determined by decree.
- Article 131- If a member's seat becomes vacant, the Council shall announce this at its first sitting after the vacancy occurs. This seat shall be filled in the manner prescribed…
- Article 14The Municipal Council is competent to accept resignation from membership. The resignation shall be submitted in writing to the Chairman of the Council for presentation…
- Article 15The Municipal Council shall have an annual session extending for ten months, with at least one meeting every two weeks. The Council shall continue holding its meetings…
- Article 16Every meeting held by the Council at a time or place other than those prescribed for its meeting shall be void, and all decisions issued at that meeting shall be void by…
- Article 17If a Council member is absent without an acceptable excuse or leaves the meeting permanently without permission from the chair of the meeting, he shall be considered…
- Article 19A Municipal Council member may not combine his Municipal Council membership with membership of the board of directors of any company or holding any public office. If a…
- Article 20A Council member is prohibited from having a direct or indirect interest, for himself or in his capacity as testamentary guardian, legal guardian, curator or agent of…
- Article 21Within the framework of the State's general structural plan and the approved budget, the Municipal Council shall have jurisdiction over the following matters: 1 -…
- Article 22The Municipal Council shall issue its final decision concerning matters referred to it within one hundred working days from the date of referral, after the executive…
- Article 23For the purpose of securing approval of regulatory plans or meeting future expropriation requirements—in conformity with the State's general master plan—the Municipal…
- Article 24267 Home Page Municipality Law Law No. 33 of 2016 concerning Kuwait Municipality The Council or its committees may invite any specialists or experts whose attendance at…
- Article 26The Council shall form a subcommittee for each governorate consisting of five members, for a term of two years. In all circumstances, a member may not participate in…
- Article 27The Council shall form the following committees from among its members for a term of two years, namely: 1- The Technical Committee, with seven members. 2- The Legal and…
- Article 28The Council may form other committees as required by the work and lay down for each committee such special provisions as its work requires. Any committee may form a…
- Article 29The Municipal Council may be dissolved by a reasoned decree. If the Council is dissolved, elections and appointments to the new Council shall be conducted within a…
- Article 30The Municipal Council shall have a General Secretariat responsible for providing it with technical and administrative support, particularly preparing and making…
- Article 31The Executive Apparatus shall be managed by a Director-General, who shall have one or more deputies. A decree shall be issued, based on the approval of the Council of…
- Article 32The Director General shall, under the Minister's supervision, administer the executive apparatus in accordance with the provisions of this Law and shall, in particular,…
- Article 33The executive apparatus is prohibited from granting building permits for investment and commercial buildings unless the building includes a basement or a floor covering…
- Article 34The regulations necessary to organize the administrative affairs of the Executive Apparatus, the personnel system and all rules relating to their employment affairs…
- Article 35Within the organizational structure of the executive apparatus, a branch of the apparatus shall be established in each governorate to provide municipal services to its…
- Article 36The Municipality shall have a legal department reporting to the Minister, which shall handle all cases, appear on its behalf before all courts and arbitral tribunals,…
- Article 37The provisions applicable to members of the Department of Legal Opinions and Legislation concerning salaries, allowances, increments, promotions, retirement age and all…
- Article 38Without prejudice to any more severe penalty provided for in another law, the decrees and regulations referred to in this Law shall specify the penalties imposed on…
- Article 39Subject to the provisions of Article (38) of this Law, and without prejudice to any more severe penalty stipulated in this Law or any other law, any owner of an…
- Article 40A violator in private housing who refuses to execute what the judgment ordered by way of removal or correction of works, demolition, restoration, beautification, or…
- Article 41The Director-General or such of his deputies as he authorizes must take measures to stop works that violate building regulations. By a decision of his or of such of his…
- Article 42The Director General of the Municipality, or his delegate, may, where necessary, issue a decision closing the offending shop or establishment in cases where closure may…
- Article 43An application for settlement from the violator may be accepted in respect of acts violating municipal regulations for which the prescribed fine is less than five…
- Article 44Employees designated by the Minister to detect violations in accordance with the provisions of this Law and the decrees and regulations issued in implementation thereof…
- Article 45An independent programme within the Municipality’s budget shall be allocated to the Municipal Council. The Council may propose the regulation of the financial and…
- Article 46By a decision of the Supreme Judicial Council, one or more special circuits shall be established at the Court of First Instance, composed of three judges, with exclusive…
- Article 47Within one year from the date of issuance of this Law, the executive apparatus shall take all measures necessary to update its system for preserving documents, files,…
- Article 48The following powers shall be transferred from the Municipality as follows: 1 - The powers of licensing, supervision and monitoring over the following shall be…
- Article 49Any licence issued in violation of the laws and regulations shall be considered void, and its resulting effects shall be annulled. The person who issued it shall be held…
- Article 50The Implementing Regulations of this Law shall be issued by a decision of the Council of Ministers upon the Minister's submission, within six months from the date this…
Articles 51 – 1003
- Article 511 - The Council existing when this Law enters into force shall continue to exercise its powers prescribed in this Law until its term expires or it is dissolved. Law…
- Article 52The aforementioned Law No. (5) of 2005 is repealed, as is every provision that conflicts with the provisions of this Law.
- Article 53The Prime Minister and the ministers, each within his respective competence, shall implement this Law, which shall take effect from the date of its publication in the…