Prior notice of introduction of the Bill was given in the Government Gazette, No 33580, dated 23 September 2010, and an explanatory summary of the draft Bill was published in the same Gazette. The Gazette also contained an invitation to interested persons and institutions to submit written representations before 26 October 2010. The Committee received one written submission from the Law, Race and Gender Unit: University of Cape Town. The submission welcomes the extension of the deadline in that it "will allow more time for Parliament to consult more broadly and effectively so as to appropriately address the matter of regulating traditional courts".