Section 155: Donations to local authorities

155. Donations to local authorities (1) Subject to this section, a local authority may accept, hold and administer any donation in kind, gift or property, whether movable or immovable, for any local public purpose, or for the benefit of the inhabitants of the area or of some part of it, and may execute any works, including works of maintenance or improvement, incidental to or consequential to the exercise of the powers conferred by this section. (2) A Municipal City Council, Municipal Town Council, District Council or Village Council shall not accept, without the consent of the Minister, any donation in kind, gift or property of a value of more than 25,000 rupees or such other amount as may be prescribed. L18 – 83 [Issue 5] Local Government Act (3) Where the purposes of the donation or gift are purposes for which the local authority is empowered to expend money raised from a rate, the local authority may, subject to any condition or restriction attaching to the exercise of that power, defray expenditure incurred in the exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1) out of the General Fund. (4) Article 910 of the Code Civil Mauricien shall not apply to donations or gifts made and accepted under this section and such donations or gifts, whether or not by legacy, shall be registered free of charge.