CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Any expenditure payable by the local authority or chargeable to its budget may only be incurred by the President of the Territorial Council. Contracts, where applicable, are entered into by the President of the Territorial Council on behalf of the local authority, by deliberation of the Territorial Council.

The President of the Territorial Council may delegate to one or more permanent civil servants of the local authority the functions he performs as a civil registrar for the receipt of declarations of birth, death, stillborn children, recognition of children, joint parental declaration of change of name of the child, consent of a child over thirteen years of age to a change of name, the consent of a child over…