The Committee noted that section 181(1) and (2) of the Constitution provides that the institutions listed in Chapter 9 of the Constitution "strengthen constitutional democracy" and that these institutions "are independent, and subject only to the Constitution and the law, and they must be impartial and exercise their powers and perform their functions without fear, favour or prejudice". Furthermore that the independence of these institutions are additionally strengthened and protected by section 181(3), which provides that other organs of state, through legislative and other measures, must assist and protect these institutions to ensure the independence, impartiality, dignity and effectiveness of these institutions. Furthermore section 181(4) provides that no person or organ of state may interfere with the functioning of these institutions.