Chairperson, I move that the following motion be accepted by the House:
That the Council -
1) notwithstanding -
a) Joint Rule 138(5), which provides that an Ad Hoc Joint committee ceases to exist if it has completed its task by the date set for the completion of its task; and
b) a resolution adopted by the Council on 11 November 2011 that the Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Code of Judicial Conduct and the Regulations on Judges' Disclosure of Registrable Interests had to report by 28 January 2011;
2) condones the continued existence of the ad hoc joint committee; and
3) extends the deadline by which it has to report to 31 March 2011.
Question put: That the motion be agreed to.
IN FAVOUR: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape.
Motion accordingly agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.