ATC140226: Report of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development on the Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Bill [PMB 5 - 2013], dated 26 February 2014
Justice and Correctional Services
Report of the Portfolio Committee
on Justice and Constitutional Development on the
Special Investigating Units and Special
Tribunals Bill
[PMB 5 - 2013], dated 26 February 2014
The Portfolio Committee on Justice
and Constitutional Development (the Committee), having considered the
Special
Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Amendment Bill
[PMB 5 2013],
(National Assembly section 75), referred
to it and classified by the Joint Tagging Mechanism (JTM) as a section 75 Bill,
reports as follows:
1.
The
Special Investigating Units
and Special Tribunals Amendment Bill
[PMB 5 2013]
, a private members bill, was
tabled and referred to the Committee on 19 June 2013. The Bill seeks to
amend the Special
Investigating Units and Special Tribunals, Act no. 74 of 1996, by:
·
amending the procedure for the appointment of the Head of a Special
Investigating Unit so as to make the appointment subject to the recommendations
of the National Assembly;
·
limiting the period for which a person can hold the position of Acting
Head of the Special Investigating Unit;
·
requiring the approval of the National Assembly for the removal of the
Head of a Special Investigating Unit;
and
·
providing
for specific timeframes within which a Special
Investigating Unit must report to Parliament.
2.
The Committee met with the sponsor
of the Bill, Hon. D Schafer, on 5 November 2013, in order to receive a briefing
on the Bill. No submissions were received on the Bill.
-
The Committee
invited the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and the
Special Investigating Unit to express their views on the Bill. Both
institutions chose not to express any views on the merits of the Bill.
-
The Committee
deliberated on the Bill on 25 and 26 February 2014 and adopted a motion
that the Bill is not desirable.
Report to
be considered.
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