Section 9: Changes in local authority or electoral ward

9. Changes in local authority or electoral ward (1) The President may, after consultation with the Electoral Commissioner, the local authority concerned and such other person as he thinks fit, by Proclamation, alter the boundaries of a local authority or an electoral ward. [Issue 8] L18 – 12 Revised Laws of Mauritius (2) A Proclamation under subsection (1) may contain such consequential or supplementary provision with respect to administrative arrangements as may appear to be necessary for the purpose and may, in particular, provide— (a) for the abolition, establishment, restriction or extension of the jurisdiction of a local authority in or over any part of any area affected by the Proclamation; (b) for the name of any altered area; (c) for the adjustment or alteration of the boundaries of any area affected by the Proclamation, and for the constitution and election of the local authority in any such area; (d) for the number of Councillors in any altered ward of an altered local authority and, where necessary, for their election; (e) for the functions or area of jurisdiction of any local authority within the area affected by the Proclamation, and for the costs and expenses of any such authority; (f) temporarily for the disposal of the assets, or for meeting the debts and liabilities of the various local authorities affected by the Proclamation, for the management of their property, and for regulating the duties, position and remuneration of officers affected by the Proclamation; (g) for the transfer of any writs, process, records, and documents relating to or to be executed in any part of the area affected by the Proclamation, and for determining questions arising from such transfer; and (h) for the adjustment of any property, debts and liabilities affected by the Proclamation and for the continuance in office of any officer of the local authority for the purposes of such adjustment. (3) Where the President alters the boundaries of a local authority or an electoral ward under subsection (1), the Minister shall, by regulations, amend the First, Second, Third or Fourth Schedule, as the case may be, to make provision for the new boundaries of that local authority or that electoral ward. Sub-Part B – Village Committees of Agaléga and Other Parts of Mauritius