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Justice and Constitutional Development
Child Justice Act Regulations: Department of Justice and Constitutional Development briefing
16 Mar 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on amendments to the Child Justice Act regulations, which were intended to bring it in line with the Child Justice Amendment Act of 2019. The most important provision of the Amendment Act was ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
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 Constitutional Development
(Subcommittee: Correctional Services) DCS on management of state patients in correctional centres; with Deputy Minister
11 Mar 2022
The Correctional Services Sub-committee of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services convened virtually for a briefing by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) and the National Department of Health (DoH) on the management of state patients (SPs) in correctional centres.
The Covid-19 pandemic had contributed to relapse ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill: deliberations
9 Mar 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development briefed the Committee on the working document of the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill, which took into consideration the public submissions and previous Committee discussions.
The Committee deliberated on the proposed amendments to definitions, the proposed prescribed percentage quantities ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Deliberations on the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill
8 Mar 2022
Video (Part 1)
Video (Part 2)
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services met virtually for deliberations on the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill. The Committee heard that during consultation on the Bill, it was recommended that cannabis should be treated similarly to alcohol and the penalties imposed should ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Briefing by the Department of Correctional Services on the filling of critical vacancies
4 Mar 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Subcommittee was briefed by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) on the filling of critical vacancies. The Department’s 2021/22 budget had been cut and further cuts were expected over the medium term, making it difficult to build capacity. The Department wanted the cuts to ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
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 ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Land Court Bill: public hearings day 1
1 Mar 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Committee held public hearings on the Land Court Bill. Six organisations made oral submissions and proposed a number of improvements to the Bill.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions supported the Bill and urged that the Bill be handled speedily. The trade union ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
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 Constitutional Development
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 ...