SECTION 359

(1) The President of the Regional Executive Council shall be the Chief Executive of the Region. As such, he shall: - be the interlocutor of the representative of the State; - represent the region in all civil matters and before the law courts; - chair the sessions of the Regional Assembly; - chair the sessions of the House of Divisional Representatives when it sits separately from the House of Chiefs; - prepare and implement the deliberations of the Regional Assembly; - authorize the revenue and expenditure of the region, subject to separate provisions laid down by the laws in force; - manage the property of the region and monitor such management, particularly with regard to movement on such property, subject to the duties devolving to the representative of the State and mayors. (2) The President of the Regional Executive Council shall come from the category of divisional representatives.