Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Second Amendment Act

10 December 1997 No. 1640.

10 Desember 1997 II is here~ notified that the President has assented to the follow’lng Act which is hereby published for general informalion:— Hierby w o r d bekend .gemaak dat d i e p r e s i d e n t ‘!’ goedkeuring geheg het aan die onderstaande Wet war h]erb}’ (er a]gemene inligting gepubliseer word:— No, 84 of 1997: Promotion of National Unity and Reconcilia- No. 84 van 1997: Tweede Wysigingswet op die Bevordenn: van tion Second Amendment Act, 1997. Nasionale Eenheid en Versoening. 1997. 2 No. I Ssoo .\ct No. 841997 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 10 DECEMBER 1997 PROMOTION OF NATIONAL UNITY AND RECONCIL1ATION SECOND AMENDMENT ACT, 1997 GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE: [ 1 Words in bold type in square brackets indicate omissions from existing enactments. Words underlined with a solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments. ACT To amend the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, 1995, so as to further regulate the composition of the Committee on Amnesty; to extend the period within which the Commission shall complete its work; and to provide for matters connected therewith. (Afrikams text signed by the President. ) {Assented to 26 Novenlber 1997. ) B E IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa. as follows:— .Amendment of section 17 of Act 34 of 1995, as amended by section 1 of Act 18 of 1997

1. Section 17 of the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act. 1995 5 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act). is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection ( I ) of the following subsection: “(1 ) The Committee shall consist of a Chairperson, a Vice-Chairperson and not more than [eleven] Q other members who are fit and proper persons. appropriately qualified. South African citizens and broadly representative of the South African 10 community’.”. Amendment of section 43 of Act 34 of 1995 -

2. Section 43 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection ( 1 ) of the following subsection: ‘6( 1 ) Subje;t to the provisions of subsection (2) and section 3 of the promotion 15 of National Unity and Reconciliation Second Amendment Act. 1997. the Commission shall [within a ~eriod of 18 months from its constitution Or the further period, not exceedi~g six months, as the President may determine] complete its work on 30 April 1998.”. Transitional arrangements 2!0 3.( I ) Notwithstanding section 43(I) ot’ the principal Act, the Committee on Amnesty. as contemplated in Chapter 4 of the principal Act, shall complete its work on 30 June 199s. -1 NO. 18500 Act No. 84, 1997 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 10 DECEMBER 1997 PROMOTION OF NATIONAL UNITY AND RECONCILIATION SECOND AMENDMENT ACT. 1997 (2) Notwithstanding section 43( 1) of the principal Act. but subject to subsections (3) and (~), the Cotittee on Human Rights Violations and the Committee on Reparation and Rehabilitation. as contemplated in Chapters 3 and 5 of the principal Act. respectively, shall complete their work on 14 December 1997. (3) The Committees refereed to in subsection (2) shall. from 15 December 1997 until 5

30 June 1998, have the powers, duties and functions conferred or imposed on or assigned to them by the principal Act only in respect of— (a) matters, other than matters contemplated in paragraph (b). commenced by the said Committees not later than 14 December 1997, but not yet tinalised cm that date; and (b) matters emanating from the consideration of applications for ~mnesty by the 10 Committee on Amnesty. (4) For the purposes of the work contemplated in subsection (3). the Truth md Reconciliation Commission established by section 2 of the principal Act may. notwithstanding sections 13( 1 ) and 24(1) of the PrinciPal Act. from time to time reduce 15 the number of members of the Committee on Human Rights Violations and the Committee on Reparation and Rehabilitation. Short title

4. This Act shall be called the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Second Amendment Act, 1997. 20