Local government of the Kingdom of Italy

The local government of the Italian Social Republic is a centralized system of territorial administrative governance, structured on two main levels: Municipality and Province. Between these two Levels there are also two other intermediate levels (District and Mandment) which do not have administrative autonomy, as both Municipality and Province have, but are only operational sub-units of the Province; below the Municipality level, and only in major cities, there is also the Borough level, which exists in order to decentrate some Municipal functions.
Both the Province and the Municipality have their own government bodies, but they are subject to the surveillance of the Prefect, who acts as Government representative within the Province and for both the Province itself and all provincial municipalities. In order to keep the lower bodies in line with National policies and political will, the Prefect is empowered to watch over all administrative activities carried out by Province and Municipalities, although he can adopt and enact "prefectural" administrative activities outside public safety and security only when required by urgent circumstances.

Municipality

All municipalities, except the city of Rome, are administered by a Podestà, assisted by a Municipal Consultative Council (It: Consulta Municipale).
The functions of the Municipality are assigned to a single organ, the Podestà, appointed by Decree of the Duce for five years but revokable at any time. MThe Podestà is assisted by a Municipal Consultative Council, consisting of at least 6 Councillors, appointed by the Prefect or, in majir cities, by the Minister of the Interior, in an advisory capacity on certain matters specified by the law and on all other matters that the Podestà decides to submit them. With the establishment of the Podestà the Municipality, while retaining the administrative capacity and autonomy, and maintaining its legal personality, lives and works in harmony with the general interests of the nation and with the directives of the Government. The concept of Podesta respects the municipal autonomy: the Municipality - lower intermediate body - in this way can not claim a willingness different from the higher body, which is the Nation.