DECLARATION OF FRANCISTOWN AS A CITY ORDER

(under section 3*)

(19th September, 1997)

S.I. 81,1997.

    WHEREAS by the High Commissioner’s Notice No. 27 of 1960 (Declaration of Townships), Francistown was declared to be a Township, and a Town Council was established for the governance and administration of the said Township by the Establishment of Francistown Town Council Order (Legal Notice No. 50 of 1966) ;

    AND WHEREAS at all times since then the Mayor and Councillors of the Town Council of Francistown have exercised their powers and functions with outstanding devotion to their duties with benevolent concern for all the residents of Francistown;

    AND WHEREAS for divers good causes and considerations it is desired to confer on the Township of Francistown the status of a City;

    AND WHEREAS I AM empowered by section 3 of the Townships Act to declare any township in Botswana to be a City;

    NOW THEREFORE know ye that in exercise of the said powers I, QUETT KETUMILE JONI MASIRE, President of the Republic of Botswana, do hereby declare Francistown Township to be a City from this 30th day of August, in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety Seven, and that henceforth it shall have all rank, liberties, privileges and immunities as are incident to a City;

    GIVEN under my hand and the Public Seal this 30th day of August, in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety Seven.

*Originally made under the Township Act now repealed, these Regulations have been continued under s 94(2) of the Local Government Act, 2013.

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