The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development, having considered the subject of the Constitution Seventeenth Amendment Bill [B6 - 2011], (National Assembly - section 74(3)(a)), referred to it and classified by the Joint Tagging Mechanism as a section 74(3)(a) Bill, reports the Bill with amendments [B6B-2011]. The African Christian Democratic Party abstained from voting and Congress of the People voted against the Bill.