Act 44 2021 - Act 44 - The Truth Reconciliation and National Unity Commission (Amendment) Act 2021
AI-assisted research summary: This Act amends the 2018 Commission Act, updates the Commission’s membership to five Commissioners, and validates decisions made while the Commission was not fully constituted.
[4th November 2021] Supplement to Official Gazette 803 THE TRUTH, RECONCILIATION AND NATIONAL UNITY COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2021 (Act 44 of 2021) ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTION 1. Short title 2. Amendment of section 4 3. Validity of decisions [4th November 2021] Supplement to Official Gazette 805 THE TRUTH, RECONCILIATION AND NATIONAL UNITY COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2021 (Act 44 of 2021) I assent Wavel Ramkalawan President 4th November, 2021 AN ACT TO AMEND THE TRUTH, RECONCILIATION AND NATIONAL UNITY COMMISSION ACT, 2018 (ACT 9 OF 2018). ENACTED by the President and the National Assembly. Short title 1. This Act may be cited as The Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission (Amendment) Act, 2021, and shall be read and construed as one with The Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission Act, 2018. 806 Supplement to Official Gazette [4th November 2021] Amendment of section 4 2. Section 4 (1) of The Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission Act, 2018 hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act” is amended by repealing subsection 4(1) and substituting therefor the following — 4.(1) The Commission shall consist of five Commissioners, namely a Chairperson, a Vice-Chairperson and three other Commissioners, one of whom shall be non-Seychellois who at the time of appointment is not resident in Seychelles. Validity of decisions 3. Any decision taken by the Commission during the period when the Commission is not fully constituted shall be valid and shall be deemed to have been properly made under this Act. I certify that this is a correct copy of the Bill which was passed by the National Assembly on 27th October, 2021. Mrs. Tania Isaac Clerk to the National Assembly