Hon Speaker, hon President and Deputy President, I move without notice:
That the House suspends the following Rules for the purposes of conducting the Second Reading debate today on the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill [B 19 - 2012] (National Assembly - sec 75):
1) Rule 253(1), which provides inter alia that the debate on the Second Reading of a Bill may not commence before at least three working days have elapsed since the committee's report was tabled;
2) with the concurrence of the National Council of Provinces, Joint Rule 154, which provides for the submission of views on the classification of a Bill to the Joint Tagging Mechanism in writing within a specified period but not less than three working days and further that a Bill may not be classified before the expiry of the specified period; and
3) Joint Rule 220(2), which requires that a translation of a Bill's official text must be received by Parliament at least three days before the formal consideration of the Bill by the House.
Agreed to.