SECTION 51

(1) Any local authority that has conceded or leased a public service or service of public interest may amend or terminate the concession or lease contract in the event of default by the concession holder due to persistent contingent economic or technical reasons that interrupt the normal delivery of the said service. (2) The provisions of the sub-section (1) above shall apply mutatis mutandis to the concession holder or operator. (3) The local authority concerned must either stop providing the said service or reorganize same on sound economic grounds. II –Local Public Establishments and Public Enterprises and Shareholding in Public, Semi-public and Private Entities