SECTION 135

(1) The chief executive of a local authority shall be entitled to an official residence, which shall be the property of the local authority. (2) The official residence of the chief executive shall be located in the chief town of the local authority. (3) In the absence of such official residence, the local authority may lease one whose cost shall be determined by resolution. (4) Where the chief executive of the local authority lives in his own house, he may be granted a yearly maintenance allowance by resolution. (5) The amount of the maintenance costs referred to in sub-section (4) above may not exceed the entertainment allowance calculated over a period of equal duration. (6) The resolutions referred to in sub-sections (3) and (4) above shall be subject to approval by the minister in charge of local authorities.