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Executive Decree No. 235/20 approving the Statute of the Local Government of Namibe Province.

Country/Territory
Angola
Document type
Regulation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República, I Série, No. 140.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Livestock, Energy, Environment gen., Fisheries, Land & soil, Water
Keyword
Local government Agricultural development Institution Policy/planning Governance Community management Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Gender Equity Public land
Geographical area
Africa, Central Africa, Least Developed Countries, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Executive Decree enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Executive Decree approves the Statute of the Local Government of Namibe Province. This Statute, consisting of 43 articles divided into four Chapters and two Annexes, establishes the organization and functioning of the Government of the Namibe Province. For the purpose of administrative organization, the Province is structured in Municipalities, Cities, Villages, Communities, Settlements, and Urban Districts. The relations between the local organs of the State Administration at the provincial, municipal and community level are developed in accordance with the principles of unity, hierarchy, subsidiarity and institutional coordination. The Governing Bodies of the Province shall ensure in their territory to carry out economic, social and cultural tasks and programmes of local and national interest, in compliance with the Constitution, Laws and Decisions of the Head of the Executive Branch in the field of Territory Administration, Education, Health, Integrated Economic Development, Trade, Industry and Mineral Resources, Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock, Social Action, Family and Gender Equality, etc. Chapters deal with: Province Administration; and Advisory Bodies of the Provincial Governor.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.legis-palop.org

References - Legislation

Repeals

Executive Decree No. 31/18 approving the Statute of the Local Government of Namibe Province.

Legislation | Angola | 2018

Keyword: Agricultural development, Institution, Policy/planning, Governance, Community management, Local government, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Gender, Equity, Public land

Source: FAO, FAOLEX