LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 19 Corporation of councils
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 19
Corporation of councils
(1) A council is a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal.(2) The corporate name of a council (a) in a municipal area in which there is a city, is to contain the name of the city or the name of the municipal area; or(b) in a municipal area which is not a city, is to contain the name of the municipal area.(3) The common seal is to be kept and used as authorized by the council.(4) . . . . . . . .(5) The execution of a document sealed by a council is to be attested by such persons as the council determines.(6) All courts and persons acting judicially must take judicial notice of the common seal on a document and presume that it was duly sealed by a council.