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Justice and Correctional Services
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill [B18-2014]: Department response to submissions; Legal Aid SA submission
25 Mar 2015
Legal Aid South Africa’s position on the Bill was generally acceptance of all of the clauses and the same applied for its position on the suggestion that clause 7 be amended to place a procedural and financial burden on the state to apply for a child to have their name ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill: public hearings Day 5
24 Mar 2015
The core of the submissions are as follows:
Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
The Congress was of the view that in line with traditional values children should not be engaging in sexual activities, before they are ready to do so. It however felt that a Bill was an ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Military Discipline Draft Bill and other draft bills: progress report by Department of Defence
18 Mar 2015
A senior delegation, led by the Secretary General of the SANDF, briefed the Committee on the status and timeframes for the tabling of the draft bills Military Discipline Bill, the draft Defence Amendment Bill and the draft Hydrographic Bill. Discussion was limited to comments and observations as the draft Bills ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Maintenance Bill [B16-2014]: Department response to submissions
18 Mar 2015
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development continued its overview of the submissions and responses on the Maintenance Amendment Bill. The Bill aimed to amend the Maintenance Amendment Act by introducing provisions on granting interim orders where there was no maintenance order in place so that beneficiaries of maintenance did ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Maintenance Bill [B16-2014]: Department response to submissions; Suspension of magistrates: progress report by Magistrates Commission
17 Mar 2015
The State Law Adviser from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (the Department) presented a summary of the written submissions, and the Department's response to each, submitted on the Maintenance Amendment Bill (the Bill). The Bill aimed to amend the Maintenance Amendment Act by introducing provisions for granting interim ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Laws Repeal and Amendment Bill: briefing; Department of Defence 2nd & 3rd quarter 2014/15 performance
11 Mar 2015
The Department of Defence (DoD) briefed the Committee on the Defence Laws Repeal and Amendment Bill, as well as on the second and third quarterly performance reports for the 2014/15 financial year.
The briefing of the Defence Laws Repeal and Amendment Act [B7- 2015] was introductory in nature. The main ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill: public hearings Day 4
11 Mar 2015
The core of the submissions is as follows:
Childline
This submission supported the decriminalisation of consensual sexual activity between adolescents, because it has not only reduced these people’s access to education about healthy sexual choices and clinical reproductive health services, but also has proven to be an ineffective measure against ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill: public hearings Day 3
10 Mar 2015
The core of each submission was as follows:
Community Law Centre
This submission, which was endorsed by a further 20 organisations, argued that the criminalisation of consensual sexual activity caused secondary trauma to affected children, shuts down communicative links with people who are in a position to educate children about ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Office of Military Ombud; Defence Force Service Commission: progress report briefing
4 Mar 2015
The Military Ombud briefed the Committee on its status and functioning. It was set up as an independent, external mechanism to deal with the complaints and grievances of members and former members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), and also as a place for the public to lodge ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill: public hearings Day 2
4 Mar 2015
The meeting began with the Chairperson welcoming this round of submissions as an exemplary instance of public participation, with the Committee having received more than 900 written submissions following an extended period for submissions.
The core of each oral submissions is as follows:
Logos Assembly of God
Seeing as children ...