Section 273: General provisions relating to provincial and metropolitan councils

(1) An Act of Parliament must make provision, consistent with this Chapter, for the establishment and functions of provincial and metropolitan councils and, in particular, for—

    (a) the procedures of provincial and metropolitan councils;

    (b) the functions of chairpersons of provincial and metropolitan councils;

    (c) the conditions of service of members of provincial and metropolitan councils; and

    (d) the appointment, conditions of service and removal of employees of provincial and

metropolitan councils.

(2) The Electoral Law must make provision, consistent with this Chapter, for the filling of vacancies in the seats of the members of provincial councils referred to in section 268(1)    (f) and in the offices of chairpersons of provincial councils, which vacancies must be filled—

    (a) by persons belonging to the same political parties as those who previously held the

seats or offices; and

    (b) except in the case of chairpersons, by a person of the same gender as the persons who

previously held the seats.

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