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Justice and Correctional Services
Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill: deliberations
15 Mar 2022
In this virtual meeting, a Parliamentary Legal Advisor and a Senior State Law Advisor briefed the Committee on a meeting of the technical team to discuss how best to manage the issues that had been previously highlighted by the Committee in relation to the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill.
Members ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Land Court Bill: public hearings day 2
2 Mar 2022
In a virtual meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Service, the Committee met for public hearings on the Land Courts Bill. The Committee received oral submissions from Corruption Watch, Natural Justice Lawyers, Legal academics, and the Banking Association of South Africa (BASA).
The written submission from Corruption ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: public hearings
2 Mar 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
As part of its public participation process on the Electoral Amendment Bill (EAB), the Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting by eight civic organisations. These were the New Nation Movement (NNM), the Abatsha Force of Change (AFC), the Indigenous First Nations ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Committee oversight report to courts and correctional centres
23 Feb 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services convened in a virtual meeting to discuss its draft report on the oversight visits it had conducted to various courts and correctional centres in and around the country earlier this year.
Whilst Members were pleased to have conducted ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill: further responses and deliberations
22 Feb 2022
Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill: response to public submissions
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services was briefed by the Parliamentary Legal Advisors (PLA) on the schedules of the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill (CPPB). The drafting of this Bill was informed by the Constitutional Court judgment handed ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Inter-departmental annual reports on implementation of the Child Justice Act
16 Feb 2022
Inter-departmental annual reports on the implementation of the Child Justice Act
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services received a briefing on government departments’ implementation of the Child Justice Act. The presentation outlined progress made by government stakeholders and focused on the departments’ 2020/21 annual reports. It highlighted ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Implementation of Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act
15 Feb 2022
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill
In a virtual meeting, the Committee met with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and other stakeholders to be briefed on the interdepartmental implementation of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007. The presentation was about the performance that has been done by ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill; DHA Quarter 1, 2 & 3 2020/21 Performance; with Minister
15 Feb 2022
President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2022 State of the Nation Address (SONA)
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to address issues related to electoral law reform and to be briefed by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on its performance and expenditure reports for the first, second and third quarters of ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Justice and Constitutional Development BRRR
3 Dec 2021
Budget Review & Recommendations Reports BRRR
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services considered and adopted its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR), as well as the minutes for 1 December 2021. Members also agreed to call an urgent sitting with both the Head of the National Director ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Committee discussion on planned oversight visits
1 Dec 2021
Oversight Document Considerations regarding the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) and its Entities (Only for members)
Oversight Considerations regarding the Department of Correctional Services and its Entities (Only for members)
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services met on a virtual platform for deliberations on a programme ...