PROMOTION OF NATIONAL UNITY AND RECONCILIATION AMENDMENT ACT, No.18
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE
No. 895.
27 June 1997
NO. 18 OF 1997: PROMOTION OF NATIONAL UNITY AND RECONCILIATION AMENDMENT ACT, 1997
It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act
which is hereby published for general information:-
No. 18 of 1997: Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Amendment
Act, 1997
GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE:
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ACT
To amend the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, 1995, so as to
further regulate the composition of the Committee on Amnesty; and to provide
for matters connected therewith.
(Afrikaans text signed by the President.)
(Assented to 26 June 1997.)
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:-
Amendment of section 17 of Act 34 of 1995
1. Section 17 of the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act,
1995, is hereby amended-
(a) by the substitution for subsections (1) and (2) of the following
subsections, respectively:
"(1) The Committee shall consist of a Chairperson, a
Vice-Chairperson and [three]<not more than eleven>other members who
are fit and proper persons, appropriately qualified, South African
citizens and broadly representative of the South African community.
(2) The President shall appoint the Chairperson, the
Vice-Chairperson[one other person]and, after consultation with the
Commission,[two commissioners as members of the Committee]<the other
members of the Committee: Provided that at least three of such other
members of the Committee shall be commissioners>."; and
(b) by the insertion after subsection (2) of the following subsection:
"<(2A) (a) The Chairperson of the Committee may from among the
members of the Committee establish a subcommittee, the chairperson of
which shall be a judge as referred to in subsection (3), designated by
the Chairperson of the Committee.
(b) Any subcommittee established in terms of paragraph (a) shall
have the same powers, functions and duties as the Committee in relation
to any application for amnesty submitted in terms of section 18, and to
the person who submitted such application.>".
Short title
2. This Act shall be called the Promotion of National Unity and
Reconciliation Amendment Act, 1997. $
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