Mr Theo Willem Coetzee

Mr T Coetzee (DA) asked if it was standard procedure that a piece of legislation should effectively prescribe minimum sentences, reducing the discretion of the judges.

Mr T Coetzee (DA) asked if the Bill would not pose the danger of dragging the country back into covering things up, as had occurred in the apartheid era.

Mr T Coetzee (DA) asked if there would be guidelines for the determination of departmental policies and who would be responsible for this.