EMERGENCY POWERS

(1) In case of emergency, the Chairperson of a Municipality may direct the execution of any work or the doing of any act which the Municipality is empowered to execute or do; and the immediate execution or doing of which is, in his opinion, necessary for the preservation of the valuable property or for the safety of the public, and may also direct that the expense of executing such work or doing such act shall be paid from the Municipal Fund. Provided that every direction given under this section shall be reported to the Municipality at its next following meeting. (2) The Chairperson shall not act under this section in contravention of any express order of the Municipality. (3) The Chairperson may, prohibit, until the matter has been considered by the Municipality, the doing of any act which is, in his opinion, undesirable in the public interest, provided that the act is one which the Municipality has power to prohibit. (4) No direction given under this section shall be questioned in any court on the ground that the case was not one of emergency.