Section 7: District Council

7. District Council (1) A district shall, for the purposes of local government, be administered by a local authority which shall be known as a District Council. (2) There shall be a District Council for each of the districts of— (a) Black River; (b) Flacq; (c) Grand Port; (d) Moka; (e) Pamplemousses; (f) Rivière du Rempart; and (g) Savanne. (3) Each District Council shall be responsible for overviewing the administration of the villages respectively assigned to it in Part I of the Fourth Schedule. (4) The corporate name of a District Council shall consist of the words “The District Council of”, followed by the name of the district. L18 – 11 [Issue 8] Local Government Act (5) (a) Every District Council specified in the first column of Part II of the Fourth Schedule shall consist of the corresponding number of Councillors specified in the second column of Part II of that Schedule. (b) Every Village Council specified in the first column of Part III of the Fourth Schedule shall be represented on the appropriate District Council by the number of Councillors specified in the second column of Part III of that Schedule.