Cities Act 1971

Cities act outdated: Commission

Dr Fiona Hukula, a Commissioner of the Constitutional and Law Reform Commission, said this while leading an inter-government department team consultation in New Ireland Province, on the Review of Laws on City Planning and Urban Development.

Under the Cities act 1971, the current requirement for a city under the act includes a population exceeding 15,000, and unimproved land valued at K10 million.