Law on Commune/Sangkat Administrative Management.

This Law aims to establish administrative management of all communes/ Sangkats in the Kingdom of Cambodia following a policy of decentralization.
Each commune/Sangkat shall have a council called the Commune/Sangkat Council. The Commune/Sangkat is a body representing citizens in its commune/Sangkat and have missions to serve the general interests of its commune/Sangkat. Commune/Sangkat Councils shall prepare, adopt and implement commune/Sangkat development plans in an effort to identify perception, program and the development of its commune/Sangkat. The Act further makes provisions for: structure, finance, roles, functions and powers of a cornmune/sangkat Council, penalties, etc.