Urban local authorities

274 Urban local authorities (1) There are urban local authorittes to represent and manage the affairs of people in urban areas throughout Zimbabwe. (2) Urban local authorities are managed by councils composed of councillors elected by registered voters in the urban areas concerned and presided over by elected mayors or chairpersons, by whatever name called. (3) Different classes of local authorities may be established for different urban areas, and two or more different urban areas may be placed under the management of a single local authority. (4) The qualifications and procedure for the election of persons referred to in subsection (2) must be set out in the Electoral Law. (5) An Act of Parliament may confer execulive powers on the mayor or chairperson of an urban local authority, but any mayor or chairperson on whom such powers are conferred must be elected directly by registered voters in the area for which the local authority has been established.