SOUTH AFRICAN INTELLIGENCE


PROMOTION OF NATIONAL UNITY AND RECONCILIATION ACT
1995
[Act 95-34, 26 July 1995]

                                                                                
                            OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT                             
                                                                                
   No. 1111.                                                                    
   26 July 1995                                                                 
                                                                                
NO. 34 OF 1995: PROMOTION OF NATIONAL UNITY AND RECONCILIATION ACT, 1995.       
                                                                                
  It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act    
which is hereby published for general information:-                             
                                                                                
                                       ACT                                      
                                                                                
To provide for the investigation and the establishment of as complete a picture 
aspossible of the nature, causes and extent of gross violations of human rights 
committed during the period from 1 March 1960 to the cut-off date contemplated  
in the Constitution, within or outside the Republic, emanating from the         
conflicts of the past, and the fate or whereabouts of the victims of such       
violations; the granting of amnesty to persons who make full disclosure of all  
the relevant facts relating to acts associated with a political objective       
committed in the course of the conflicts of the past during the said period;    
affording victims an opportunity to relate the violations they suffered; the    
taking of measures aimed at the granting of reparation to, and the              
rehabilitation and the restoration of the human and civil dignity of, victims   
of violations of human rights; reporting to the Nation about such violations    
and victims; the making of recommendations aimed at the prevention of the       
commission of gross violations of human rights; and for the said purposes to    
provide for the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a       
Committee on Human Rights Violations, a Committee on Amnesty and a Committee on 
Reparation and Rehabilitation; and to confer certain powers on, assign certain  
functions to and impose certain duties upon that Commission and those           
Committees; and to provide for matters connected therewith.                     
                                                                                
SINCE the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 (Act No. 200 of    
1993), provides a historic bridge between the past of a deeply divided society  
characterized by strife, conflict, untold suffering and injustice, and a future 
founded on the recognition of human rights, democracy and peaceful co-existence 
for all South Africans, irrespective of colour, race, class, belief or sex;     
                                                                                
AND SINCE it is deemed necessary to establish the truth in relation to past     
events as well as the motives for and circumstances in which gross violations   
of human fights have occurred, and to make the findings known in order to       
prevent a repetition of such acts in future;                                    
                                                                                
AND SINCE the Constitution states that the pursuit of national unity, the       
well-being of all South African citizens and peace require reconciliation       
between the people of South Africa and the reconstruction of society;           
                                                                                
AND SINCE the Constitution states that there is a need for understanding but    
not for vengeance, a need for reparation but not for retaliation, a need for    
ubuntu but not for victimization;                                               
                                                                                
AND SINCE the Constitution states that in order to advance such reconciliation  
and reconstruction amnesty shall be granted in respect of acts, omissions and   
offences associated with political objectives committed in the course of the    
conflicts of the past;                                                          
                                                                                
AND SINCE the Constitution provides that Parliament shall under the Constitution
adopt a law which determines a firm cut-off date, which shall be a date after 8 
October 1990 and before the cut-off date envisaged in the Constitution, and     
providing for the mechanisms, criteria and procedures, including tribunals, if  
any, through which such amnesty shall be dealt with;                            
                                                                                
                    (English text signed by the President.)                     
                          (Assented to 19 July 1995.)                           
                                                                                
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as   
follows:-                                                                       
                                                                                
                                   CHAPTER 1                                    
                                                                                
                         Interpretation and application                         
                                                                                
Definitions                                                                     
                                                                                
       1. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates-              
                                                                                
       (i) "act associated with a political objective" has the meaning ascribed 
             thereto in section 20(2) and (3); (ii)                             
                                                                                
       (ii) "article" includes any evidence, book, document, file, object,      
             writing, recording or transcribed computer printout produced by    
             any mechanical or electronic device or any device by means of      
             which information is recorded, stored or transcribed; (xix)        
                                                                                
       (iii) "Commission" means the Truth and Reconciliation Commission         
             established by section 2; (ix)                                     
                                                                                
       (iv) "commissioner" means a member of the Commission appointed in terms  
             of section 7(2)(a); (viii)                                         
                                                                                
       (v) "committee" means the Committee on Human Rights Violations, the      
             Committee on Amnesty or the Committee on Reparation and            
             Rehabilitation, as the case may be; (vii)                          
                                                                                
       (vi) "Constitution" means the Constitution of the Republic of South      
             Africa, 1993 (Act No. 200 of 1993); (iv)                           
                                                                                
       (vii) "cut-off date" means the latest date allowed as the cut-off date   
             in terms of the Constitution as set out under the heading          
             "National Unity and Reconciliation"; (i)                           
                                                                                
       (viii) "former state" means any state or territory which was established 
             by an Act of Parliament or by proclamation in terms of such an Act 
             prior to the commencement of the Constitution and the territory of 
             which now forms part of the Republic; (xvii)                       
                                                                                
       (ix) "gross violation of human rights" means the violation of human      
             rights through-                                                    
                                                                                
             (a) the killing, abduction, torture or severe ill-treatment of any 
                 person; or                                                     
                                                                                
             (b) any attempt, conspiracy, incitement, instigation, command or   
                 procurement to commit an act referred to in paragraph (a),     
                 which emanated from conflicts of the past and which was        
                 committed during the period 1 March 1960 to the cut-off date   
                 within or outside the Republic, and the commission of which    
                 was advised, planned, directed, commanded or ordered, by any   
                 person acting with a political motive; (v)                     
                                                                                
       (x) "joint committee" means a joint committee of the Houses of           
             Parliament appointed in accordance with the Standing Orders of     
             Parliament for the purpose of considering matters referred to it   
             in terms of this Act; (iii)                                        
                                                                                
       (xi) "Minister" means the Minister of Justice; (x)                       
                                                                                
       (xii) "prescribe" means prescribe by regulation made under section 40;   
       (xviii)                                                                  
                                                                                
       (xiii) "President" means the President of the Republic; (xi)             
                                                                                
       (xiv) "reparation" includes any form of compensation, ex gratia payment, 
             restitution, rehabilitation or recognition; (vi)                   
                                                                                
       (xv) "Republic" means the Republic of South Africa referred to in        
             section 1(2) of the Constitution; (xii)                            
                                                                                
       (xvi) "security forces" includes any full-time or part-time-             
                                                                                
             (a) member or agent of the South African Defence Force, the South  
                 African Police, the National Intelligence Service, the Bureau  
                 of State Security, the Department of Correctional Services, or 
                 any of their organs;                                           
                                                                                
             (b) member or agent of a defence force, police force, intelligence 
                 agency or prison service of any former state, or any of their  
                 organs; (xvi)                                                  
                                                                                
       (xvii) "State" means the State of the Republic; (xiv)                    
                                                                                
      (xviii) "subcommittee" means any subcommittee established by the          
               Commission in terms of section 5(c); (xv)                        
                                                                                
       (xix) "victims" includes-                                                
                                                                                
             (a) persons who, individually or together with one or more         
                 persons, suffered harm in the form of physical or mental       
                 injury, emotional suffering, pecuniary loss or a substantial   
                 impairment of human rights-                                    
                                                                                
                (i) as a result of a gross violation of human rights; or        
                                                                                
                (ii) as a result of an act associated with a political          
                     objective for which amnesty has been granted;              
                                                                                
             (b) persons who, individually or together with one or more         
                 persons, suffered harm in the form of physical or mental       
                 injury, emotional suffering, pecuniary loss or a substantial   
                 impairment of human rights, as a result of such person         
                 intervening to assist persons contemplated in paragraph (a)    
                 who were in distress or to prevent victimization of such       
                 persons; and                                                   
                                                                                
             (c) such relatives or dependants of victims as may be prescribed.  
                 (xiii)                                                         
                                                                                
   (2) For the purposes of sections 10(1), (2) and (3) and II and Chapters 6    
and 7 "Commission" shall be construed as including a reference to "committee" or
subcommittee", as the case may be, and "Chairperson", "Vice-Chairperson" or     
commissioner" shall be construed as including a reference to the chairperson,   
vice-chairperson or a member of a committee or subcommittee, as the case may be.
                                                                                
                                   CHAPTER 2                                    
                                                                                
                      Truth and Reconciliation Commission                       
                                                                                
Establishment and seat of Truth and Reconciliation Commission                   
                                                                                
   2. (1) There is hereby established a juristic person to be known as the      
Truth and Reconciliation Commission.                                            
                                                                                
   (2) The seat of the Commission shall be determined by the President.         
                                                                                
Objectives of Commission                                                        
                                                                                
   3. (1) The objectives of the Commission shall be to promote national unity   
and reconciliation in a spirit of understanding which transcends the conflicts  
and divisions of the past by-                                                   
                                                                                
        (a) establishing as complete a picture as possible of the causes,       
            nature and extent of the gross violations of human rights which     
            were committed during the period from I March 1960 to the cut-off   
            date, including the antecedents, circumstances, factors and context 
            of such violations, as well as the perspectives of the victims and  
            the motives and perspectives of the persons responsible for the     
            commission of the violations, by conducting investigations and      
            holding hearings;                                                   
                                                                                
        (b) facilitating the granting of amnesty to persons who make full       
            disclosure of all the relevant facts relating to acts associated    
            with a political objective and comply with the requirements of this 
            Act;                                                                
                                                                                
        (c) establishing and making known the fate or whereabouts of victims    
            and by restoring the human and civil dignity of such victims by     
            granting them an opportunity to relate their own accounts of the    
            violations of which they are the victims, and by recommending       
            reparation measures in respect of them;                             
                                                                                
        (d) compiling a report providing as comprehensive an account as         
            possible of the activities and findings of the Commission           
            contemplated in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), and which contains     
            recommendations of measures to prevent the future violations of     
            human rights.                                                       
                                                                                
   (2) The provisions of subsection (1) shall not be interpreted as limiting    
the power of the Commission to investigate or make recommendations concerning   
any matter with a view to promoting or achieving national unity and             
reconciliation within the context of this Act.                                  
                                                                                
   (3) In order to achieve the objectives of the Commission-                    
                                                                                
        (a) the Committee on Human Rights Violations, as contemplated in        
            Chapter 3, shall deal, among other things, with matters pertaining  
            to investigations of gross violations of human rights;              
                                                                                
        (b) the Committee on Amnesty, as contemplated in Chapter 4, shall deal  
            with matters relating to amnesty;                                   
                                                                                
        (c) the Committee on Reparation and Rehabilitation, as contemplated in  
            Chapter 5, shall deal with matters referred to it relating to       
            reparations;                                                        
                                                                                
        (d) the investigating unit referred to in section 5(d) shall perform    
            the investigations contemplated in section 28(4)(a); and            
                                                                                
        (e) the subcommittees shall exercise, perform and carry out the powers, 
            functions and duties conferred upon, assigned to or imposed upon    
            them by the Commission.                                             
                                                                                
Functions of Commission                                                         
                                                                                
   4. The functions of the Commission shall be to achieve its objectives, and   
to that end the Commission shall-                                               
                                                                                
      (a) facilitate, and where necessary initiate or coordinate, inquiries     
            into-                                                               
                                                                                
           (i) gross violations of human rights, including violations which     
                were part of a systematic pattern of abuse;                     
                                                                                
           (ii) the nature, causes and extent of gross violations of human      
                rights, including the antecedents, circumstances, factors,      
                context, motives and perspectives which led to such violations; 
                                                                                
           (iii) the identity of all persons, authorities, institutions and     
                organisations involved in such violations;                      
                                                                                
           (iv) the question whether such violations were the result of         
                deliberate planning on the part of the State or a former state  
                or any of their organs, or of any political organisation,       
                liberation movement or other group or individual; and           
                                                                                
           (v) accountability, political or otherwise, for any such violation;  
                                                                                
     (b) facilitate, and initiate or coordinate, the gathering of information   
           and the receiving of evidence from any person, including persons     
           claiming to be victims of such violations or the representatives of  
           such victims, which establish the identity of victims of such        
           violations, their fate or present whereabouts and the nature and     
           extent of the harm suffered by such victims;                         
                                                                                
     (c) facilitate and promote the granting of amnesty in respect of acts      
           associated with political objectives, by receiving from persons      
           desiring to make a full disclosure of all the relevant facts         
           relating to such acts, applications for the granting of amnesty in   
           respect of such acts, and transmitting such applications to the      
           Committee on Amnesty for its decision, and by publishing decisions   
           granting amnesty, in the Gazette;                                    
                                                                                
     (d) determine what articles have been destroyed by any person in order to  
           conceal violations of human rights or acts associated with a         
           political objective;                                                 
                                                                                
     (e) prepare a comprehensive report which sets out its activities and       
           findings, based on factual and objective information and evidence    
           collected or received by it or placed at its disposal;               
                                                                                
     (f) make recommendations to the President with regard to-                  
                                                                                
           (i) the policy which should be followed or measures which should be  
                taken with regard to the granting of reparation to victims or   
                the taking of other measures aimed at rehabilitating and        
                restoring the human and civil dignity of victims;               
                                                                                
           (ii) measures which should be taken to grant urgent interim          
                reparation to victims;                                          
                                                                                
     (g) make recommendations to the Minister with regard to the development of 
           a limited witness protection programme for the purposes of this Act; 
                                                                                
     (h) make recommendations to the President with regard to the creation of   
           institutions conducive to a stable and fair society and the          
           institutional, administrative and legislative measures which should  
           be taken or introduced in order to prevent the commission of         
           violations of human rights.                                          
                                                                                
Powers of Commission                                                            
                                                                                
   5. In order to achieve its objectives and to perform its functions the       
Commission shall have the power to-                                             
                                                                                
     (a) determine the seat, if any, of every committee;                        
                                                                                
     (b) establish such offices as it may deem necessary for the performance of 
          its functions;                                                        
                                                                                
     (c) establish subcommittees to exercise, carry out or perform any of the   
          powers, duties and functions assigned to them by the Commission;      
                                                                                
     (d) conduct any investigation or hold any hearing it may deem necessary    
          and establish the investigating unit referred to in section 28;       
                                                                                
     (e) refer specific or general matters to, give guidance and instructions   
          to, orreview the decisions of, any committee or subcommittee or the   
          investigating unit with regard to the exercise of its powers, the     
          performance of its functions and the carrying out of its duties, the  
          working procedures which should be followed and the divisions which   
          should be set up by any committee in order to deal effectively with   
          the work of the committee: Provided that no decision, or the process  
          of arriving at such a decision, of the Committee on Amnesty regarding 
          any application for amnesty shall be reviewed by the Commission;      
                                                                                
          direct any committee or subcommittee to make information which it has 
          in its possession available to any other committee or subcommittee;   
                                                                                
     (g) direct the submission of and receive reports or interim reports from   
          any committee or subcommittee;                                        
                                                                                
     (h) have the administrative and incidental work connected with the         
          exercise of its powers, the execution of its duties or the            
          performance of its functions carried out by persons-                  
                                                                                
           (i) employed or appointed by it;                                     
                                                                                
          (ii) seconded to its service by any department of State at the        
                request of the Commission and after consultation with the       
                Public Service Commission;                                      
                                                                                
          (iii) appointed by it for the performance of specified tasks;         
                                                                                
     (i) in consultation with the Minister and through diplomatic channels,     
          obtain permission from the relevant authority of a foreign country to 
          receive evidence or gather information in that country;               
                                                                                
     (j) enter into an agreement with any person, including any department of   
          State, in terms of which the Commission will be authorized to make    
          use of any of the facilities, equipment or personnel belonging to or  
          under the control or in the employment of such person or department;  
                                                                                
     (k) recommend to the President that steps be taken to obtain an order      
          declaring a person to be dead;                                        
                                                                                
     (l) hold meetings at any place within or outside the Republic;             
                                                                                
     (m) on its own initiative or at the request of any interested person       
          inquire or investigate into any matter, including the disappearance   
          of any person or group of persons.                                    
                                                                                
Certain powers shall be exercised in consultation with Minister                 
                                                                                
   6. Subject to the provisions of section 45, any power referred to in section 
5(a), (b) and (c), and, if it is to be exercised outside the Republic, any      
power referred to in sections 5(d) and (1), 10(1) and 29(1), shall be exercised 
in consultation with the Minister.                                              
                                                                                
Constitution of Commission                                                      
                                                                                
   7. (1) The Commission shall consist of not fewer than 11 and not more than   
17 commissioners, as may be determined by the President in consultation with    
the Cabinet.                                                                    
                                                                                
   (2) (a) The President shall appoint the commissioners in consultation with   
the Cabinet.                                                                    
                                                                                
   (b) The commissioners shall be fit and proper persons who are impartial and  
who do not have a high political profile: Provided that not more than two       
persons who are not South African citizens may be appointed as commissioners.   
                                                                                
   (3) The President shall make the appointment of the commissioners known by   
proclamation in the Gazette.                                                    
                                                                                
   (4) The President shall designate one of the commissioners as the            
Chairperson, and another as the Vice-Chairperson, of the Commission.            
                                                                                
   (5) A commissioner appointed in terms of subsection (2)(a) shall, subject to 
the provisions of subsections (6) and (7), hold office for the duration of the  
Commission.                                                                     
                                                                                
   (6) A commissioner may at any time resign as commissioner by tendering his   
or her resignation in writing to the President.                                 
                                                                                
   (7) The President may remove a commissioner from office on the grounds of    
misbehaviour, incapacity or incompetence, as determined by the joint committee  
and upon receipt of an address from the National Assembly and an address from   
the Senate.                                                                     
                                                                                
   (8) If any commissioner tenders his or her resignation under subsection (6), 
or is removed from office under subsection (7), or dies, the President in       
consultation with the Cabinet, may fill the vacancy by appointing a person for  
the unexpired portion of the term of office of his or her predecessor or may    
allow the seat vacated as a result of a resignation, removal from office or     
death to remain vacant.                                                         
                                                                                
Acting Chairperson of Commission                                                
                                                                                
   8. If both the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson are absent or unable to      
perform their duties, the other commissioners shall from among their number     
nominate an Acting Chairperson for the duration of such absence or incapacity.  
                                                                                
Conditions of service, remuneration, allowances and other benefits of staff of  
Commission                                                                      
                                                                                
   9. (1) The persons appointed or employed by the Commission who are not       
officials of the State, shall receive such remuneration, allowances and other   
employment benefits and shall be appointed or employed on such terms and        
conditions and for such periods as the Commission with the approval of the      
Minister, granted in concurrence with the Minister of Finance, may determine.   
                                                                                
   (2) (a) A document setting out the remuneration, allowances and other        
conditions of employment determined by the Commission in terms of subsection    
(1), shall be tabled in Parliament within 14 days after each such determination.
                                                                                
   (b) If Parliament disapproves of any determination, such determination shall 
cease to be of force to the extent to which it is so disapproved.               
                                                                                
   (c) If a determination ceases to be of force as contemplated in paragraph    
(b)-                                                                            
                                                                                
      (i) anything done in terms of such determination up to the date on which  
           such determination ceases to be of force shall be deemed to have     
           been validly done; and                                               
                                                                                
      (ii) any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or   
           incurred up to the said date under and by virtue of such             
           determination, shall lapse upon the said date.                       
                                                                                
Meetings, procedure at and quorum for meetings of Commission and recording of   
proceedings                                                                     
                                                                                
   10. (1) A meeting of the Commission shall be held at a time and place        
determined by the Chairperson of the Commission or, in the absence or inability 
of such Chairperson, by the Vice-Chairperson of the Commission or, in the       
absence or inability of both such Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson, by the      
Acting Chairperson of the Commission.                                           
                                                                                
   (2) Subject to section 40, the Commission shall have the power to determine  
the procedure for its meetings, including the manner in which decisions shall   
be taken.                                                                       
                                                                                
   (3) The Commission shall cause a record to be kept of its proceedings.       
                                                                                
   (4) The quorum for the first meeting of the Commission shall be two less     
than the total number of the Commission.                                        
                                                                                
Principles to govern actions of Commission when dealing with victims            
                                                                                
   11. When dealing with victims the actions of the Commission shall be guided  
by the following principles:                                                    
                                                                                
      (a) Victims shall be treated with compassion and respect for their        
      dignity;                                                                  
                                                                                
      (b) victims shall be treated equally and without discrimination of any    
      kind, including race, colour, gender, sex, sexual orientation,            
      age, language, religion, nationality, political or other opinion,         
      cultural beliefs or practices, property, birth or family status,          
      ethnic or social origin or disability;                                    
                                                                                
      (c) procedures for dealing with applications by victims shall be          
            expeditious, fair, inexpensive and accessible;                      
                                                                                
      (d) victims shall be informed through the press and any other medium of   
            their rights in seeking redress through the Commission, including   
            information of-                                                     
                                                                                
            (i) the role of the Commission and the scope of its activities;     
                                                                                
            (ii) the right of victims to have their views and submissions       
                presented and considered at appropriate stages of the inquiry;  
                                                                                
      (e) appropriate measures shall be taken in order to minimize              
            inconvenience to victims and, when necessary, to protect their      
            privacy, to ensure their safety as well as that of their families   
            and of witnesses testifying on their behalf, and to protect them    
            from intimidation;                                                  
                                                                                
      (f) appropriate measures shall be taken to allow victims to communicate   
            in the language of their choice;                                    
                                                                                
      (g) informal mechanisms for the resolution of disputes, including         
            mediation, arbitration and any procedure provided for by customary  
            law and practice shall be applied, where appropriate, to facilitate 
            reconciliation and redress for victims.                             
                                                                                
                                   CHAPTER 3                                    
                                                                                
                    Investigation of Human Rights Violations                    
                                                                                
Committee on Human Rights Violations                                            
                                                                                
   12. There is hereby established a committee to be known as the Committee on  
Human Rights Violations, which shall in this Chapter be referred to as the      
Committee.                                                                      
                                                                                
Constitution of Committee                                                       
                                                                                
   13. (1) The Committee shall consist of-                                      
                                                                                
      (a) (i) a Chairperson; and                                                
                                                                                
           (ii) two Vice-Chairpersons, who shall be commissioners designated by 
                the Commission;                                                 
                                                                                
      (b) such other commissioners as may be appointed by the Commission; and   
                                                                                
      (c) not more than three other members.                                    
                                                                                
   (2) The Commission shall appoint, as the members referred to in subsection   
(1)(c), South African citizens who are fit and proper persons and broadly       
representative of the South African community and shall, when making such       
appointments, give preference to persons possessing knowledge of the content    
and application of human rights or of investigative or fact-finding procedures. 
                                                                                
Powers, duties and functions of Committee                                       
                                                                                
   14. (1) In addition to the powers, duties and functions conferred on,        
imposed upon and assigned to it in this Act, and for the purpose of achieving   
the objectives of the Commission, referred to in section 3(1)(a), (c) and (d)-  
                                                                                
      (a) the Committee shall-                                                  
                                                                                
            (i) institute the inquiries referred to in section 4(a);            
                                                                                
            (ii) gather the information and receive the evidence referred to in 
                 section 4(b);                                                  
                                                                                
            (iii) determine the facts contemplated in section 4(d);             
                                                                                
            (iv) take into account the gross violations of human rights for     
                 which indemnity has been granted during the period between 1   
                 March 1960 and the date of commencement of this Act or for     
                 which prisoners were released or had their sentences remitted  
                 for the sake of reconciliation and for the finding of peaceful 
                 solutions during that period;                                  
                                                                                
            (v) record allegations and complaints of gross violations of human  
                 rights;                                                        
                                                                                
      (b) the Committee may-                                                    
                                                                                
           (i) collect or receive from any organisation, commission or person,  
                articles relating to gross violations of human rights;          
                                                                                
           (ii) make recommendations to the Commission with regard to the       
                matters referred to in section 4(f), (g) or (h);                
                                                                                
          (iii) make information which is in its possession available to a      
                committee referred to in Chapter 4 or 5, a subcommittee or the  
                investigating unit;                                             
                                                                                
          (iv) submit to the Commission interim reports indicating the progress 
                made by the Committee with its activities or with regard to any 
                other particular matter;                                        
                                                                                
           (v) exercise the powers referred to in Chapters 6 and 7.             
                                                                                
   (2) The Committee shall at the conclusion of its functions submit to the     
Commission a comprehensive report of all its activities and findings in         
connection with the performance of its functions and the carrying out of its    
duties in terms of this Act.                                                    
                                                                                
Referrals to Committee on Reparation and Rehabilitation                         
                                                                                
   15. (1) When the Committee finds that a gross violation of human rights has  
been committed and if the Committee is of the opinion that a person is a victim 
of such violation, it shall refer the matter to the Committee on Reparation and 
Rehabilitation for its consideration in terms of section 26.                    
                                                                                
   (2) After a referral to the Committee on Reparation and Rehabilitation has   
been made by the Committee in terms of subsection (1), it shall, at the request 
of the Committee on Reparation and Rehabilitation, furnish that Committee with  
all the evidence and other information relating to the victim concerned or      
conduct such further investigation or hearing as the said Committee may require.
                                                                                
                                   CHAPTER 4                                    
                                                                                
                       Amnesty mechanisms and procedures                        
                                                                                
Committee on Amnesty                                                            
                                                                                
   16. There is hereby established a committee to be known as the Committee on  
Amnesty, which shall in this Chapter be referred to as the Committee.           
                                                                                
Constitution of Committee                                                       
                                                                                
   17. (1) The Committee shall consist of a Chairperson, a Vice-Chairperson and 
three other members who are fit and proper persons, appropriately qualified,    
South African citizens and broadly representative of the South African          
community.                                                                      
                                                                                
   (2) The President shall appoint the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson, one   
other person and, after consultation with the Commission, two commissioners as  
members of the Committee.                                                       
                                                                                
   (3) The Chairperson of the Committee shall be-                               
                                                                                
     (a) a judge as defined in section 1(1) of the Judges' Remuneration and     
          Conditions of Employment Act, 1989 (Act No. 88 of 1989); or           
                                                                                
     (b) a judge who has been discharged from active service in terms of        
          section 3 of the said Act.                                            
                                                                                
   (4) Any vacancies in the Committee shall be filled in accordance with this   
   section.                                                                     
                                                                                
Applications for granting of amnesty                                            
                                                                                
   18. (1) Any person who wishes to apply for amnesty in respect of any act,    
omission or offence on the grounds that it is an act associated with a          
political objective, shall within 12 months from the date of the proclamation   
referred to in section 7(3), or such extended period as may be prescribed,      
submit such an application to the Commission in the prescribed form.            
                                                                                
   (2) The Committee shall give priority to applications of persons in custody  
and shall prescribe measures in respect of such applications after consultation 
with the Minister and the Minister of Correctional Services.                    
                                                                                
Committee shall consider applications for amnesty                               
                                                                                
    19. (1) Upon receipt of any application for amnesty, the Committee may      
return the application to the applicant and give such directions in respect of  
the completion and submission of the application as may be necessary or request 
the applicant to provide such further particulars as it may deem necessary.     
                                                                                
    (2) The Committee shall investigate the application and make such enquiries 
as it may deem necessary: Provided that the provisions of section 30(2) shall,  
with the necessary changes, apply in respect of such investigation.             
                                                                                
    (3) After such investigation, the Committee may-                            
                                                                                
       (a) (i) inform the applicant that the application, judged on the         
       particulars or further particulars contained in the application or       
       provided by the applicant or revealed as a result of enquiries made by   
       the Committee, if any, does not relate to an act associated with a       
       political objective;                                                     
                                                                                
               (ii) afford the applicant the opportunity to make a further      
                      submission; and                                           
                                                                                
               (iii) decide whether the application, judged on the particulars  
                      referred to in subparagraph (i), and in such further      
                      submission, relates to such an act associated with a      
                      political objective, and if it is satisfied that the      
                      application does not relate to such an act, in the        
                      absence of the applicant and without holding a hearing    
                      refuse the application and inform the applicant           
                      accordingly; or                                           
                                                                                
       (b) if it is satisfied that-                                             
                                                                                
               (i) the requirements mentioned in section 20(i) have been        
                      complied with;                                            
                                                                                
               (ii) there is no need for a hearing; and                         
                                                                                
               (iii) the act, omission or offence to which the application      
                      relates, does not constitute a gross violation of human   
                      rights, in the absence of the applicant and without       
                      holding a hearing, grant amnesty and inform the applicant 
                      accordingly.                                              
                                                                                
    (4) If an application has not been dealt with in terms of subsection (3),   
the Committee shall conduct a hearing as contemplated in Chapter 6 and shall,   
subject to the provisions of section 33-                                        
                                                                                
       (a) in the prescibed manner, notify the applicant and any victim or      
               person implicated, or having an interest in the application, of  
               the place where and the time when the application will be heard  
               and considered;                                                  
                                                                                
       (b) inform the persons referred to in paragraph (a) of their right to be 
               present at the hearing and to testify, adduce evidence and       
               submit any article to be taken into consideration;               
                                                                                
       (c) deal with the application in terms of section 20 or 21 by granting   
               or refusing amnesty.                                             
                                                                                
    (5) (a) The Committee shall, for the purpose of considering and deciding    
upon an application referred to in subsection (1), have the same powers as      
those conferred upon the Commission in section 5(l) and (m) and Chapters 6 and  
7.                                                                              
                                                                                
    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 18(1), the Committee may      
consider jointly the individual applications in respect of any particular act,  
omission or offence to which such applications relate.                          
                                                                                
    (6) If the act or omission which is the subject of an application under     
section 18 constitutes the ground of any claim in civil proceedings instituted  
against the person who submitted that application, the court hearing that claim 
may at the request of such person, if it is satisfied that the other parties to 
such proceedings have been informed of the request and afforded the opportunity 
to address the court or to make further submissions in this regard, suspend     
those proceedings pending the consideration and disposal of the application.    
                                                                                
    (7) If the person who submitted an application under section 18 is charged  
with any offence constituted by the act or omission to which the application    
relates, or is standing trial upon a charge of having committed such an         
offence, the Committee may request the appropriate authority to postpone the    
proceedings pending the consideration and disposal of the application for       
amnesty.                                                                        
                                                                                
    (8) (a) Subject to the provisions of section 33, the applications,          
documentation in connection therewith, further information and evidence         
obtained before and during an investigation by the Commission, the              
deliberations conducted in order to come to a decision or to conduct a hearing  
contemplated in section 33, shall be confidential.                              
                                                                                
    (b) Subject to the provisions of section 33, the confidentiality referred   
to in paragraph (a) shall lapse when the Commission decides to release such     
information or when the hearing commences.                                      
                                                                                
Granting of amnesty and effect thereof                                          
                                                                                
   20. (1) If the Committee, after considering an application for amnesty, is   
satisfied that-                                                                 
                                                                                
      (a) the application complies with the requirements of this Act;           
                                                                                
      (b) the act, omission or offence to which the application relates is an   
            act associated with a political objective committed in the course   
            of the conflicts of the past in accordance with the provisions of   
            subsections (2) and (3); and                                        
                                                                                
      (c) the applicant has made a full disclosure of all relevant facts, it    
shall grant amnesty in respect of that act, omission or offence.                
                                                                                
   (2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates, "act associated     
with a political objective" means any act or omission which constitutes an      
offence or delict which, according to the criteria in subsection (3), is        
associated with a political objective, and which was advised, planned,          
directed, commanded, ordered or committed within or outside the Republic during 
the period I March 1960 to the cut-off date, by-                                
                                                                                
      (a) any member or supporter of a publicly known political organisation or 
            liberation movement on behalf of or in support of such organisation 
            or movement, bona fide in furtherance of a political struggle waged 
            by such organisation or movement against the State or any former    
            state or another publicly known political organisation or           
            liberation movement;                                                
                                                                                
      (b) any employee of the State or any former state or any member of the    
            security forces of the State or any former state in the course and  
            scope of his or her duties and within the scope of his or her       
            express or implied authority directed against a publicly known      
            political organisation or liberation movement engaged in a          
            political struggle against the State or a former state or against   
            any members or supporters of such organisation or movement, and     
            which was committed bona fide with the object of countering or      
            otherwise resisting the said struggle;                              
                                                                                
      (c) any employee of the State or any former state or any member of the    
            security forces of the State or any former state in the course and  
            scope of his or her duties and within the scope of his or her       
            express or implied authority directed-                              
                                                                                
            (i) in the case of the State, against any former state; or          
                                                                                
            (ii) in the case of a former state, against the State or any other  
            former state, whilst engaged in a political struggle against each   
            other or against any employee of the State or such former state, as 
            the case may be, and which was committed bona fide with the object  
            of countering or otherwise resisting the said struggle;             
                                                                                
      (d) any employee or member of a publicly known political organisation or  
            liberation movement in the course and scope of his or her duties    
            and within the scope of his or her express or implied authority     
            directed against the State or any former state or any publicly      
            known political organisation or liberation movement engaged in a    
            political struggle against that political organisation or           
            liberation movement or against members of the security forces of    
            the State or any former state or members or supporters of such      
            publicly known political organisation or liberation movement, and   
            which was committed bona fide in furtherance of the said struggle;  
                                                                                
      (e) any person in the performance of a coup d' etat to take over the      
            government of any former state, or in any attempt thereto;          
                                                                                
      (f) any person referred to in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d), who on    
            reasonable grounds believed that he or she was acting in the course 
            and scope of his or her duties and within the scope of his or her   
            express or implied authority;                                       
                                                                                
      (g) any person who associated himself or herself with any act or omission 
            committed for the purposes referred to in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), 
            (d), (e) and (f).                                                   
                                                                                
   (3) Whether a particular act, omission or offence contemplated in subsection 
(2) is an act associated with a political objective, shall be decided with      
reference to the following criteria:                                            
                                                                                
      (a) The motive of the person who committed the act, omission or offence;  
                                                                                
      (b) the context in which the act, omission or offence took place, and in  
           particular whether the act, omission or offence was committed in the 
           course of or as part of a political uprising, disturbance or event,  
           or in reaction thereto;                                              
                                                                                
      (c) the legal and factual nature of the act, omission or offence,         
           including the gravity of the act, omission or offence;               
                                                                                
      (d) the object or objective of the act, omission or offence, and in       
           particular whether the act, omission or offence was primarily        
           directed at a political opponent or State property or personnel or   
           against private property or individuals;                             
                                                                                
      (e) whether the act, omission or offence was committed in the execution   
           of an order of, or on behalf of, or with the approval of, the        
           organisation, institution, liberation movement or body of which the  
           person who committed the act was a member, an agent or a supporter;  
           and                                                                  
                                                                                
      (f) the relationship between the act, omission or offence and the         
           political objective pursued, and in particular the directness and    
           proximity of the relationship and the proportionality of the act,    
           omission or offence to the objective pursued,                        
           but does not include any act, omission or offence committed by any   
           person referred to in subsection (2) who acted-                      
                                                                                
            (i) for personal gain: Provided that an act, omission or offence by 
     any person who acted and received money or anything of value as an         
  informer of the State or a former state, political organisation or liberation 
  movement, shall not be excluded only on the grounds of that person having     
  received money or anything of value for his or her information; or            
                                                                                
            (ii) out of personal malice, ill-will or spite, directed against    
  the victim of the acts committed.                                             
                                                                                
   (4) In applying the criteria contemplated in subsection (3), the Committee   
shall take into account the criteria applied in the Acts repealed by section 48.
                                                                                
   (5) The Commission shall inform the person concerned and, if possible, any   
victim, of the decision of the Committee to grant amnesty to such person in     
respect of a specified act, omission or offence and the Committee shall submit  
to the Commission a record of the proceedings, which may, subject to the        
provisions of this Act, be used by the Commission.                              
                                                                                
   (6) The Committee shall forthwith by proclamation in the Gazette make known  
the full names of any person to whom amnesty has been granted, together with    
sufficient information to identify the act, omission or offence in respect of   
which amnesty has been granted.                                                 
                                                                                
   (7) (a) No person who has been granted amnesty in respect of an act,         
ommission or offence shall be criminally or civilly liable in respect of such   
act, omission or offence and no body or organisation or the State shall be      
liable, and no person shall be vicariously liable, for any such act, omission   
or offence.                                                                     
                                                                                
   (b) Where amnesty is granted to any person in respect of any act, omission   
or offence, such amnesty shall have no influence upon the criminal liability of 
any other person contingent upon the liability of the first-mentioned person.   
                                                                                
   (c) No person, organisation or state shall be civilly or vicariously liable  
for an act, omission or offence committed between 1 March 1960 and the cut-off  
date by a person who is deceased, unless amnesty could not have been granted in 
terms of this Act in respect of such an act, omission or offence.               
                                                                                
   (8) If any person-                                                           
                                                                                
      (a) has been charged with and is standing trial in respect of an offence  
           constituted by the act or omission in respect of which amnesty is    
           granted in terms of this section; or                                 
                                                                                
      (b) has been convicted of, and is awaiting the passing of sentence in     
           respect of, or is in custody for the purpose of serving a            
           sentence imposed in respect of, an offence constituted by            
           the act or omission in respect of which amnesty is so                
           granted, the criminal proceedings shall forthwith upon               
           publication of the proclamation referred to in subsection            
           (6) become void or the sentence so imposed shall upon                
           such publication lapse and the person so in custody shall forthwith  
           be released.                                                         
                                                                                
   (9) If any person has been granted amnesty in respect of any act or omission 
which formed the ground of a civil judgment which was delivered at any time     
before the granting of the amnesty, the publication of the proclamation in      
terms of subsection (6) shall not affect the operation of the judgment in so    
far as it applies to that person.                                               
                                                                                
   (10) Where any person has been convicted of any offence constituted by an    
act or omission associated with a political objective in respect of which       
amnesty has been granted in terms of this Act, any entry or record of the       
conviction shall be deemed to be expunged from all official documents or        
records and the conviction shall for all purposes, including the application of 
any Act of Parliament or any other law, be deemed not to have taken place:      
Provided that the Committee may recommend to the authority concerned the taking 
of such measures as it may deem necessary for the protection of the safety of   
the public.                                                                     
                                                                                
Refusal of amnesty and effect thereof                                           
                                                                                
   21. (1) If the Committee has refused any application for amnesty, it shall   
as soon as practicable notify-                                                  
                                                                                
      (a) the person who applied for amnesty;                                   
                                                                                
      (b) any person who is in relation to the act, omission or offence         
           concerned, a victim; and                                             
                                                                                
      (c) the Commission, in writing of its decision and the reasons for its    
           refusal.                                                             
                                                                                
   (2) (a) If any criminal or civil proceedings were suspended pending a        
decision on an application for amnesty, and such application is refused, the    
court concerned shall be notified accordingly.                                  
                                                                                
   (b) No adverse inference shall be drawn by the court concerned from the fact 
that the proceedings which were suspended pending a decision on an application  
for amnesty, are subsequently resumed.                                          
                                                                                
Referrals to Committee on Reparation and Rehabilitation                         
                                                                                
   22. (1) Where amnesty is granted to any person in respect of any act,        
omission or offence and the Committee is of the opinion that a person is a      
victim in relation to that act, omission or offence, it shall refer the matter  
to the Committee on Reparation and Rehabilitation for its consideration in      
terms of section 26.                                                            
                                                                                
   (2) Where amnesty is refused by the Committee and if it is of the opinion    
   that-                                                                        
                                                                                
      (a) the act, omission or offence concerned constitutes a gross violation  
           of human rights; and                                                 
                                                                                
      (b) a person is a victim in the matter, it shall refer the matter to the  
           Committee on Reparation and Rehabilitation for consideration in      
           terms of section 26.                                                 
                                                                                
                                   CHAPTER 5                                    
                                                                                
                    Reparation and rehabilitation of victims                    
                                                                                
Committee on Reparation and Rehabilitation                                      
                                                                                
   23. There is hereby established a committee to be known as the Committee on  
Reparation and Rehabilitation, which shall in this Chapter be referred to as the
Committee.                                                                      
                                                                                
Constitution of Committee                                                       
                                                                                
   24. (1) The Committee shall consist of-                                      
                                                                                
      (a) a Chairperson;                                                        
                                                                                
      (b) a Vice-Chairperson;                                                   
                                                                                
      (c) not more than five other members; and                                 
                                                                                
      (d) in addition to the commissioners referred to in subsection (2), such  
           other commissioners as may be appointed to the Committee by the      
           Commission.                                                          
                                                                                
   (2) Commissioners designated by the Commission shall be the Chairperson and  
Vice-Chairperson of the Committee.                                              
                                                                                
   (3) The Commission shall for the purpose of subsection (1)(c) appoint as     
members of the Committee fit and proper persons who are suitably qualified,     
South African citizens and broadly representative of the South African          
community.                                                                      
                                                                                
Powers, duties and functions of Committee                                       
                                                                                
   25. (1) In addition to the powers, duties and functions in this Act and for  
the purpose of achieving the Commission's objectives referred to in section     
3(1)(c) and (d)-                                                                
                                                                                
     (a) the Committee shall-                                                   
                                                                                
            (i) consider matters referred to it by-                             
                                                                                
                (aa) the Commission in terms of section 5(e);                   
                                                                                
                (bb) the Committee on Human Rights Violations in terms of       
                      section 15(1); and                                        
                                                                                
                (cc) the Committee on Amnesty in terms of section 22(1);        
                                                                                
           (ii) gather the evidence referred to in section 4(b);                
                                                                                
     (b) the Committee may-                                                     
                                                                                
            (i) make recommendations which may include urgent interim measures  
                as contemplated in section 4(f)(ii), as to appropriate measures 
                of reparation to victims;                                       
                                                                                
            (ii) make recommendations referred to in section 4(h);              
                                                                                
           (iii) prepare and submit to the Commission interim reports in        
                connection with its activities;                                 
                                                                                
           (iv) may exercise the powers referred to in section 5(l) and (m) and 
                Chapters 6 and 7.                                               
                                                                                
   (2) The Committee shall submit to the Commission a final comprehensive       
report on its activities, findings and recommendations.                         
                                                                                
Applications for reparation                                                     
                                                                                
   26. (1) Any person who is of the opinion that he or she has suffered harm as 
a result of a gross violation of human rights may apply to the Committee for    
reparation in the prescribed form.                                              
                                                                                
   (2) (a) The Committee shall consider an application contemplated in          
subsection (1) and may exercise any of the powers conferred upon it by section  
25.                                                                             
                                                                                
        (b) In any matter referred to the Committee, and in respect of which a  
finding as to whether an act, omission or offence constitutes a gross violation 
of human rights is required, the Committee shall refer the matter to the        
Committee on Human Rights Violations to deal with the matter in terms of        
section 14.                                                                     
                                                                                
   (3) If upon consideration of any matter or application submitted to it under 
subsection (1) and any evidence received or obtained by it concerning such      
matter or application, the Committee is of the opinion that the applicant is a  
victim, it shall, having regard to criteria as prescribed, make recommendations 
as contemplated in section 25(1)(b)(i) in an endeavour to restore the human and 
civil dignity of such victim.                                                   
                                                                                
Parliament to consider recommendations with regard to reparation of victims     
                                                                                
   27. (1) The recommendations referred to in section 4(f)(i) shall be          
considered by the President with a view to making recommendations to Parliament 
and making regulations.                                                         
                                                                                
   (2) The recommendations referred to in subsection (1) shall be considered by 
the joint committee and the decisions of the said joint committee shall, when   
approved by Parliament, be implemented by the President by making regulations.  
                                                                                
   (3) The regulations referred to in subsection (2)-                           
                                                                                
     (a) shall-                                                                 
                                                                                
           (i) determine the basis and conditions upon which reparation shall   
                be granted;                                                     
                                                                                
           (ii) deter-mine the authority responsible for the application of the 
                regulations;                                                    
                                                                                
                and                                                             
                                                                                
     (b) may-                                                                   
                                                                                
           (i) provide for the revision and, in appropriate cases, the          
                discontinuance or reduction of any reparation;                  
                                                                                
          (ii) prohibit the cession, assignment or attachment of any reparation 
               in terms of the regulations, or the right to any such reparation;
                                                                                
          (iii) determine that any reparation received in terms of the          
               regulations shall not form part of the estate of the recipient   
               should such estate be sequestrated; and                          
                                                                                
          (iv) provide for any other matter which the President may deem fit to 
               prescribe in order to ensure an efficient application of the     
               regulations.                                                     
                                                                                
  (4) The joint committee may also advise the President in respect of measures  
that should be taken to grant urgent interim reparation to victims.             
                                                                                
                                   CHAPTER 6                                    
                                                                                
                      Investigations and hearings by Commission                 
                                                                                
Commission may establish investigating unit                                     
                                                                                
  28. (1) The Commission may establish an investigating unit which shall        
consist of such persons, including one or more commissioners, as may be         
determined by the Commission.                                                   
                                                                                
  (2) The period of appointment of such members shall be determined by the      
Commission at the time of appointment, but such period may be extended or       
curtailed by the Commission.                                                    
                                                                                
  (3) The Commission shall appoint a commissioner as the head of the            
investigating unit.                                                             
                                                                                
  (4) (a) The investigating unit shall investigate any matter failing within    
the scope of the Commission's powers, functions and duties, subject to the      
directions of the Commission, and shall at the request of a committee           
investigate any matter failing within the scope of the powers, functions and    
duties of that committee, subject to the directions of the committee.           
                                                                                
  (b) The investigating unit shall in the performance of its functions follow   
such procedure as may be determined by the Commission or the committee          
concerned, as the case may be.                                                  
                                                                                
  (5) Subject to section 33, no article or information obtained by the          
investigating unit shall be made public, and no person except a member of the   
investigating unit, the Commission, the committee concerned or a member of the  
staff of the Commission shall have access to such article or information until  
such time as the Commission or the committee determines that it may be made     
public or until the commencement of any hearing in terms of this Act which is   
not held behind closed doors.                                                   
                                                                                
Powers of Commission with regard to investigations and hearings                 
                                                                                
  29. (1) The Commission may for the purposes of or in connection with the      
conduct of an investigation or the holding of a hearing, as the case may be-    
                                                                                
     (a) at any time before the commencement or in the course of such           
          investigation or hearing conduct an inspection in loco;               
                                                                                
     (b) by notice in writing call upon any person who is in possession of or   
          has the custody of or control over any article or other thing which   
          in the opinion of the Commission is relevant to the subject matter of 
          the investigation or hearing to produce such article or thing to the  
          Commission, and the Commission may inspect and, subject to subsection 
          (3), retain any article or other thing so produced for a reasonable   
          time;                                                                 
                                                                                
     (c) by notice in writing call upon any person to appear before the         
          Commission and to give evidence or to answer questions relevant to    
          the subject matter of the hearing;                                    
                                                                                
     (d) in accordance with section 32 seize any article or thing referred to   
          in paragraph (b) which is relevant to the subject matter of the       
          investigation or hearing.                                             
                                                                                
  (2) A notice referred to in subsection (1) shall specify the time when and    
the place where the person to whom it is directed shall appear, shall be signed 
by a commissioner, shall be served by a member of the staff of the Commission   
or by a sheriff, by delivering a copy thereof to the person concerned or by     
leaving it at such person's last known place of residence or business, and      
shall specify the reason why the article is to be produced or the evidence is   
to be given.                                                                    
                                                                                
  (3) If the Commission is of the opinion that the production of any article    
in the possesion or custody or under the control of the State, any department   
of State, the Auditor-General or any Attorney-General may adversely affect any  
intended or pending judicial proceedings or the conduct of any investigation    
carried out with a view to the institution of judicial proceedings, the         
Commission shall take steps aimed at the prevention of any undue delay in or    
the disruption of such investigation or proceedings.                            
                                                                                
   (4) The Commission may require any person who in compliance with a           
requirement in terms of this section appears before it, to take the oath or to  
make an affirmation and may through the Chairperson or any member of the staff  
of the Commission administer the oath to or accept an affirmation from such     
person.                                                                         
                                                                                
   (5) No person other than a member of the staff of the Commission or any      
person required to produce any article or to give evidence shall be entitled or 
be permitted to attend any investigation conducted in terms of this section,    
and the Commission may, having due regard to the principles of openness and     
transparency, declare that any article produced or information submitted at     
such investigation shall not be made public until the Commission determines     
otherwise or, in the absence of such a determination, until the article is      
produced at a hearing in terms of this Act, or at any proceedings in any court  
of law.                                                                         
                                                                                
Procedure to be followed at investigations and hearings of Commission,          
committees and subcommittees                                                    
                                                                                
   30. (1) The Commission and any committee or subcommittee shall in any        
investigation or hearing follow the prescribed procedure or, if no procedure    
has been prescribed, the procedure determined by the Commission, or, in the     
absence of such a determination, in the case of a committee or subcommittee the 
procedure determined by the committee or subcommittee, as the case may be.      
                                                                                
   (2) If during any investigation by or any hearing before the Commission-     
                                                                                
     (a) any person is implicated in a manner which may be to his detriment;    
                                                                                
     (b) the Commission contemplates making a decision which may be to the      
           detriment of a person who has been so implicated;                    
                                                                                
     (c) it appears that any person may have suffered harm as a result of a     
           gross violation of human rights, the Commission shall, if such       
           person is available, afford him or her an opportunity to submit      
           representations to the Commission within a specified time with       
           regard to the matter under consideration or to give evidence at a    
           hearing of the Commission.                                           
                                                                                
Compellability of witnesses and inadmissibility of incriminating evidence given 
before Commission                                                               
                                                                                
   31. (1) Any person who is questioned by the Commission in the exercise of    
its powers in terms of this Act, or who has been subpoenaed to give evidence or 
to produce any article at a hearing of the Commission shall, subject to the     
provisions of subsections (2), (3) and (5), be compelled to produce any article 
or to answer any question put to him or her with regard to the subject-matter   
of the hearing notwithstanding the fact that the article or his or her answer   
may incriminate him or her.                                                     
                                                                                
   (2) A person referred to in subsection (1) shall only be compelled to answer 
a question or to produce an article which may incriminate him or her if the     
Commission has issued an order to that effect, after the Commission-            
                                                                                
     (a) has consulted with the attorney-general who has jurisdiction;          
                                                                                
     (b) has satisfied itself that to require such information from such a      
           person is reasonable, necessary and justifiable in an open and       
           democratic society based on freedom and equality; and                
                                                                                
     (c) has satisfied itself that such a person has refused or is likely to    
           refuse to answer a question or produce an article on the grounds     
           that such an answer or article might incriminate him or her.         
                                                                                
   (3) Any incriminating answer or information obtained or incriminating        
evidence directly or indirectly derived from a questioning in terms of          
subsection (1) shall not be admissible as evidence against the person concerned 
in criminal proceedings in a court of law or before any body or institution     
established by or under any law: Provided that incriminating evidence arising   
from such questioning shall be admissible in criminal proceedings where the     
person is arraigned on a charge of perjury or a charge contemplated in section  
39(d)(ii) of this Act or in section 319(3) of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1955  
(Act No. 56 of 1955).                                                           
                                                                                
   (4) Subject to the provisions of this section, the law regarding privilege   
as applicable to a witness summoned to give evidence in a criminal case in a    
court of law shall apply in relation to the questioning of a person in terms of 
subsection (1).                                                                 
                                                                                
   (5) Any person appearing before the Commission by virtue of the provisions   
of subsection (1) shall be entitled to peruse any article referred to in that   
subsection, which was produced by him or her, as may be reasonably necessary to 
refresh his or her memory.                                                      
                                                                                
Entry upon premises, search for and seizure and removal of certain articles or  
      other things                                                              
                                                                                
   32. (1) Any commissioner, member of the staff of the Commission or police    
officer authorized thereto by a commissioner may on the authority of an entry   
warrant, issued in terms of subsection (2), enter upon any premises in or upon  
which any article or thing-                                                     
                                                                                
      (a) which is concerned with or is upon reasonable grounds suspected to be 
             concerned with any matter which is the subject of any              
             investigation in terms of this Act;                                
                                                                                
      (b) which contains, or is upon reasonable grounds suspected to contain,   
             information with regard to any such matter, is or is upon          
             reasonable grounds suspected to be, and may on the authority of a  
             search warrant, issued in terms of subsection (2)-                 
                                                                                
             (i) inspect and search such premises and there make such inquiries 
                  as he or she may deem necessary;                              
                                                                                
             (ii) examine any article or thing found in or upon such premises;  
                                                                                
             (iii) request from the person who is in control of such premises   
                  or in whose possession or under whose control any article or  
                  thing is when it is found, or who is upon reasonable grounds  
                  believed to have information with regard to any article or    
                  thing, an explanation or information;                         
                                                                                
             (iv) make copies of or extracts from any such article found upon   
                  or in such premises;                                          
                                                                                
             (v) seize any article or thing found upon or in such premises      
                  which he or she upon reasonable grounds suspects to be an     
                  article or thing mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b);           
                                                                                
             (vi) after having issued a receipt in respect thereof remove any   
                  article or thing found on such premises and suspected upon    
                  reasonable grounds to be an article or thing mentioned in     
                  paragraph (a) or (b), and retain such article or thing for a  
                  reasonable period for the purpose of further examination or,  
                  in the case of such article, the making of copies thereof or  
                  extracts therefrom: Provided that any article or thing that   
                  has been so removed, shall be returned as soon as possible    
                  after the purpose of such removal has been accomplished.      
                                                                                
   (2) An entry or search warrant referred to in subsection (1) shall be issued 
by a judge of the Supreme Court or by a magistrate who has jurisdiction in the  
area where the premises in question are situated, and shall only be issued if   
it appears to the judge or magistrate from information on oath that there are   
reasonable grounds for believing that an article or thing mentioned in          
paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (I) is upon or in such premises, and shall   
specify which of the acts mentioned in paragraph (b)(i) to (vi) of that         
subsection may be performed thereunder by the person to whom it is issued.      
                                                                                
   (3) A warrant issued in terms this section shall be executed by day unless   
the person who issues the warrant authorizes the execution thereof by night at  
times which shall be reasonable, and any entry upon or search of any premises   
order, including-                                                               
                                                                                
     (a) a person's right to, respect for and the protection of his or her      
     dignity;                                                                   
                                                                                
     (b) the right of a person to freedom and security; and                     
                                                                                
     (c) the right of a person to his or her personal privacy.                  
                                                                                
   (4) Any person executing a warrant in terms of this section shall            
immediately before commencing with the execution-                               
                                                                                
     (a) identify himself or herself to the person in control of the premises,  
          if such person is present, and hand to such person a copy of the      
          warrant or, if such person is not present, affix such copy to a       
          prominent place on the premises;                                      
                                                                                
     (b) supply such person at his or her request with particulars regarding    
          his or her authority to execute such a warrant.                       
                                                                                
   (5) (a) Any commissioner, or any member of the staff of the Commission or    
police officer at the request of a commissioner, may without a warrant enter    
upon any premises, other than a private dwelling, and search for, seize and     
remove any article or thing referred to in subsection (1)-                      
                                                                                
     (i) if the person who is competent to do so consents to such entry,        
          search, seizure and removal; or                                       
                                                                                
     (ii) if he or she upon reasonable grounds believes that-                   
                                                                                
          (aa) the required warrant will be issued to him or her in terms of    
               subsection (2) if he or she were to apply for such warrant; and  
                                                                                
          (bb) the delay caused by the obtaining of any such warrant would      
               defeat the object of the entry, search, seizure and removal.     
                                                                                
   (b) Any entry and search in terms of paragraph (a) shall be executed by day, 
unless the execution thereof by night is justifiable and necessary.             
                                                                                
   (6) (a) Any person who may on the authority of a warrant issued in terms of  
subsection (2), or under the provisions of subsection (5), enter upon and       
search any premises, may use such force as may be reasonably necessary to       
overcome resistance to such entry or search.                                    
                                                                                
   (b) No person may enter upon or search any premises unless he or she has     
audibly demanded admission to the premises and has notified the purpose of his  
or her entry, unless such person is upon reasonable grounds of the opinion that 
any article or thing may be destroyed if such admission is first demanded and   
such purpose is first notified.                                                 
                                                                                
   (7) If during the execution of a warrant or the conducting of a search in    
terms of this section, a person claims that an article found on or in the       
premises concerned contains privileged information and refuses the inspection   
or removal of such article, the person executing the warrant or conducting the  
search shall, if he or she is of the opinion that the article contains          
information which is relevant to the investigation and that such information is 
necessary for the investigation or hearing, request the registrar of the        
Supreme Court which has jurisdiction or his or her delegate, to seize and       
remove that article for safe custody until a court of law has made a ruling on  
the question whether the information concerned is privileged or not.            
                                                                                
   (8) A warrant issued in terms of this section may be issued on any day and   
shall be of force until-                                                        
                                                                                
     (a) it is executed; or                                                     
                                                                                
     (b) it is cancelled by the person who issued it or, if such person is not  
          available, by any person with like authority; or                      
                                                                                
     (c) the expiry of one month from the day of its issue; or                  
                                                                                
     (d) the purpose for the issuing of the warrant has lapsed, whichever may   
          occur first.                                                          
                                                                                
Hearings of Commission to be open to public                                     
                                                                                
   33. (1) (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the hearings of the   
Commission shall be open to the public.                                         
                                                                                
   (b) If the Commission, in any proceedings before it, is satisfied that-      
                                                                                
      (i) it would be in the interest of justice; or                            
                                                                                
     (ii) there is a likelihood that harm may ensue to any person as a result   
          of the proceedings being open, it may direct that such proceedings be 
          held behind closed doors and that the public or any category thereof  
          shall not be present at such proceedings or any part thereof:         
                                                                                
Provided that the Commission shall permit any victim who has an interest in the 
proceedings concerned, to be present.                                           
                                                                                
  (c) An application for proceedings to be held behind closed doors may be      
brought by a person referred to in paragraph (b) and such application shall be  
heard behind closed doors.                                                      
                                                                                
  (d) The Commission may at any time review its decision with regard to the     
question whether or not the proceedings shall be held behind closed doors.      
                                                                                
  (2) Where the Commission under subsection (1)(b) on any grounds referred to   
in that subsection directs that the public or any category thereof shall not be 
present at any proceedings or part thereof, the Commission may, subject to the  
provisions of section 20(6)-                                                    
                                                                                
     (a) direct that no information relating to the proceedings, or any part    
           thereof held behind closed doors, shall be made public in any manner;
                                                                                
     (b) direct that no person may, in any manner, make public any information  
           which may reveal the identity of any witness in the proceedings;     
                                                                                
     (c) give such directions in respect of the record of proceedings as may be 
           necessary to protect the identity of any witness:                    
                                                                                
Provided that the Commission may authorize the publication of so much           
information as it considers would be just and equitable.                        
                                                                                
Legal representation                                                            
                                                                                
  34. (1) Any person questioned by an investigation unit and any person who has 
been subpoenaed or called upon to appear before the Commission is entitled to   
appoint a legal representative.                                                 
                                                                                
  (2) The Commission may, in order to expedite proceedings, place reasonable    
limitations with regard to the time allowed in respect of the cross-examination 
ofwitnesses or any address to the Commission.                                   
                                                                                
  (3) The Commission may appoint a legal representative to appear on behalf of  
the person concerned if it is satisfied that the person is not financially      
capable of appointing a legal representative himself or herself, and if it is   
of the opinion that it is in the interests of justice that the person be        
represented by a legal representative.                                          
                                                                                
  (4) A person referred to in subsection (1) shall be informed timeously of his 
or her right to be represented by a legal representative.                       
                                                                                
Limited witness protection programme                                            
                                                                                
  35. (1) The Minister shall, in consultation with the Commission, promote the  
establishment of a witness protection programme in order to provide for the     
protection and safety of witnesses in any manner when necessary.                
                                                                                
  (2) The witness protection programme contemplated in subsection (1) shall be  
prescribed by the President as soon as possible after the date referred to in   
section 7(3).                                                                   
                                                                                
  (3) The regulations providing for a witness protection programme shall-       
                                                                                
     (a) provide for, among others, the appointment of a private person or the  
           secondment of an official or employee of any department of State in  
           terms of the Public Service Act, 1994 (Proclamation No. 103 of       
           1994), to act as the witness protector; and                          
                                                                                
     (b) be Tabled in Parliament for approval.                                  
                                                                                
  (4) (a) Until such time as the witness protection programme has been          
established the President may, in consultation with the Minister and the        
Commission, prescribe interim measures to be followed in order to provide for   
the protection and the safety of a witness:                                     
                                                                                
Provided that the provisions of section 185A of the Criminal Procedure Act,     
1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977), shall, with the necessary changes, apply in the      
absence of such interim measures.                                               
                                                                                
  (b) The interim measures contemplated in paragraph (a) shall be Tabled in     
Parliament for approval.                                                        
                                                                                
  (5) In this section"witness" means a person who wishes to give evidence,      
     gives evidence or gave evidence for the purposes of this Act and includes  
     any member of his or her family                                            
     or household whose safety is being threatened by any person or group of    
     persons, whether known to him or her or not, as a result thereof.          
                                                                                
                                   CHAPTER 7                                    
                                                                                
                               General provisions                               
                                                                                
Independence of Commission                                                      
                                                                                
   36. (1) The Commission, its commissioners and every member of its staff      
shall function without political or other bias or interference and shall,       
unless this Act expressly otherwise provides, be independent and separate from  
any party, government, administration, or any other functionary or body         
directly or indirectly representing the interests of any such entity.           
                                                                                
   (2) To the extent that any of the personnel of the entities referred to in   
subsection (1) may be involved in the activities of the Commission, such        
personnel will be accountable solely to the Commission.                         
                                                                                
   (3) (a) If at any stage during the course of proceedings at any meeting of   
the Commission it appears that a commissioner has or may have a financial or    
personal interest which may cause a substantial conflict of interests in the    
performance of his or her functions as such a commissioner, such a commissioner 
shall forthwith and fully disclose the nature of his or her interest and absent 
himself or herself from that meeting so as to enable the remaining              
commissioners to decide whether the commissioner should be precluded from       
participating in the meeting by reason of that interest.                        
                                                                                
       (b) Such a disclosure and the decision taken by the remaining            
 commissioners shall be entered on the record of the proceedings.               
                                                                                
   (4) If a commissioner fails to disclose any conflict of interest as required 
by subsection (3) and is present at a meeting of the Commission or in any manner
participates in the proceedings, such proceedings in relation to the relevant   
matter shall, as soon as such non-disclosure is discovered, be reviewed and be  
varied or set aside by the Commission without the participation of the          
commissioner concerned.                                                         
                                                                                
   (5) Every commissioner and member of a committee shall-                      
                                                                                
     (a) notwithstanding any personal opinion, preference or party affiliation, 
           serve impartially and independently and perform his or her duties in 
           good faith and without fear, favour, bias or prejudice;              
                                                                                
     (b) serve in a full-time capacity to the exclusion of any other duty or    
           obligation arising out of any other employment or occupation or the  
           holding of another office: Provided that the Commission may exempt a 
           commissioner from the provisions of this paragraph.                  
                                                                                
   (6) No commissioner or member of a committee shall-                          
                                                                                
     (a) by his or her membership of the Commission, association, statement,    
           conduct or in any other manner jeopardize his or her independence or 
           in any other manner harm the credibility, impartiality or integrity  
           of the Commission;                                                   
                                                                                
     (b) make private use of or profit from any confidential information gained 
           as a result of his or her membership of the Commission or a          
           committee; or                                                        
                                                                                
     (c) divulge any such information to any other person except in the course  
           of the performance of his or her functions as such a commissioner or 
           member of a committee.                                               
                                                                                
Commission to decide on disclosure of identity of applicants and witnesses      
                                                                                
   37. Subject to the provisions of sections 20(6), 33 and 35 the Commission    
shall, with due regard to the purposes of this Act and the objectives and       
functions of the Commission, decide to what extent, if at all, the identity of  
any person who made an application under this Act or gave evidence at the       
hearing of such application or at any other inquiry or investigation under this 
Act may be disclosed in any report of the Commission.                           
                                                                                
Confidentiality of matters and information                                      
                                                                                
   38. (1) Every commissioner and every member of the staff of the Commission   
shall, with regard to any matter dealt with by him or her, or information which 
comes to his or her knowledge in the exercise, performance or carrying out of   
his or her powers, functions or duties as such a commissioner or member,        
preserve and assist in the preservation of those matters which are confidential 
in terms of the provisions of this Act or which have been declared confidential 
by the Commission.                                                              
                                                                                
   (2) (a) Every commissioner and every member of the staff of the Commission   
shall, upon taking office, take an oath or make an affirmation in the form      
specified in subsection (6).                                                    
                                                                                
       (b) A commissioner shall take the oath or make the affirmation referred  
to in paragraph (a) before the Chairperson of the Commission or, in the case of 
the Chairperson, before the Vice-Chairperson.                                   
                                                                                
       (c) A member of the staff of the Commission shall take the oath or make  
the affirmation referred to in paragraph (a) before a commissioner.             
                                                                                
   (3) No commissioner shall, except for the purpose of the exercise of his or  
her powers, the performance of his or her functions or the carrying out of his  
or her duties or when required by a court of law to do so, or under any law,    
disclose to any person any information acquired by him or her as such a         
commissioner or while attending any meeting of the Commission.                  
                                                                                
   (4) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3) and sections 20(6) and 33,   
no person shall disclose or make known any information which is confidential by 
virtue of any provision of this Act.                                            
                                                                                
   (5) No person who is not authorized thereto by the Commission shall have     
access to any information which is confidential by virtue of any provision of   
this Act.                                                                       
                                                                                
   (6) For the purposes of this section the oath or affirmation shall be in the 
following form:                                                                 
                                                                                
       " 1, A B, hereby declare under oath/solemnly affirm that I understand    
       and shall honour the obligation of confidentiality imposed upon me by    
       any provision of the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, 
       1995, and shall not act in contravention thereof.".                      
                                                                                
Offences and penalties                                                          
                                                                                
   39. Any person who-                                                          
                                                                                
       (a) anticipates any finding of the Commission regarding an investigation 
             in a manner calculated to influence its proceedings or such        
             findings;                                                          
                                                                                
       (b) does anything calculated improperly to influence the Commission in   
             respect of any matter being or to be considered by the Commission  
             in connection with an investigation;                               
                                                                                
       (c) does anything in relation to the Commission which, if done in        
             relation to a court of law, would constitute contempt of court;    
                                                                                
       (d) (i) hinders the Commission, any commissioner or member of the staff  
       of the Commission in the exercise, performance or carrying out of its,   
       his or her powers, functions or duties under this Act;                   
                                                                                
             (ii) wilfully furnishes the Commission, any such commissioner or   
                  member with any information which is false or misleading;     
                                                                                
       (e) (i) having been subpoenaed in terms of this Act, without sufficient  
       cause fails to attend at the time and place specified in the subpoena,   
       or fails to remain in attendance until the conclusion of the meeting in  
       question or until excused from further attendance by the person          
       presiding at that meeting, or fails to produce any article in his or her 
       possession or custody or under his or her control;                       
                                                                                
             (ii) having been subpoenaed in terms of this Act, without          
                  sufficient cause refuses to be sworn or to make affirmation   
                  as a witness or fails or refuses to answer fully and          
                  satisfactorily to the best of his or her knowledge and belief 
                  any question lawfully put to him or her;                      
                  fails to perform any act as required in terms of sections     
                  36(6) and 38;                                                 
                                                                                
       (g) discloses any confidential information in contravention of any       
             provision of this Act;                                             
                                                                                
       (h) destroys any article relating to or in anticipation of any           
      investigation or proceedings in terms of this Act, shall be guilty of an  
      offence and liable on conviction to a fine, or to imprisonment for a      
      period not exceeding two years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
                                                                                
Regulations                                                                     
                                                                                
  40. (1) The President may make regulations-                                   
                                                                                
     (a) prescribing anything required to be prescribed for the proper          
          application of this Act;                                              
                                                                                
     (b) prescribing the remuneration and allowances and other benefits, if     
          any, of commissioners: Provided that such remuneration shall not be   
          less than that of a judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa;       
                                                                                
     (c) determining the persons who shall for the purposes of this Act be      
          regarded as the dependants or relatives of victims;                   
                                                                                
     (d) providing, in the case of interim measures for urgent reparation       
          payable over a period of time, for the revision, and, in appropriate  
          cases, for the discontinuance or reduction of any reparation so paid; 
                                                                                
     (e) prohibiting the cession, attachment or assignment of any such          
          reparation so granted; determining that any such reparation           
          received in terms of a recommendation shall not form part of the      
          estate of the recipient, should such estate be sequestrated;          
                                                                                
     (g) providing for the payment or reimbursement of expenses incurred in     
          respect of travel and accommodation by persons attending any hearing  
          of the Commission in compliance with a subpoena issued in terms of    
          this Act;                                                             
                                                                                
     (h) with regard to any matter relating to the affairs of the Fund,         
          established in terms of section 42;                                   
                                                                                
     (i) with regard to any matter which the President deems necessary or       
          expedient to prescribe in order to achieve the objects of this Act.   
                                                                                
  (2) Any regulation made in terms of subsection (1) which may result in the    
expenditure of State money shall be made in consultation with the Minister and  
the Minister of Finance.                                                        
                                                                                
Liability of Commission, commissioners and members of staff                     
                                                                                
  41. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), the State Liability Act, 
1957 (Act No. 20 of 1957), shall apply, with the necessary changes, in respect  
of the Commission, a member of its staff and a commissioner, and in such        
application a reference in that Act to "the State" shall be construed as a      
reference to "the Commission", and a reference to "the Minister of the          
department concerned" shall be construed as a reference to the Chairperson of   
the Commission.                                                                 
                                                                                
  (2) No-                                                                       
                                                                                
     (a) commissioner;                                                          
                                                                                
     (b) member of the staff of the Commission; or                              
                                                                                
     (c) person who performs any task on behalf of the Commission, shall be     
liable in respect of anything reflected in any report, finding, point of view or
recommendation made or expressed in good faith and submitted or made known in   
terms of this Act.                                                              
                                                                                
President's Fund                                                                
                                                                                
  42. (1) The President may, in such manner as he or she may deem fit, in       
consultation with the Minister and the Minister of Finance, establish a Fund    
into which shall be paid-                                                       
                                                                                
     (a) all money appropriated by Parliament for the purposes of the Fund; and 
                                                                                
     (b) all money donated or contributed to the Fund or accruing to the Fund   
          from any source.                                                      
                                                                                
  (2) There shall be paid from the Fund all amounts payable to victims by way   
of reparation in terms of regulations made by the President.                    
                                                                                
  (3) Any money of the Fund which is not required for immediate use may be      
invested with a financial institution approved by the Minister of Finance and   
may be withdrawn when required.                                                 
                                                                                
  (4) Any unexpended balance of the money of the Fund at the end of a financial 
      year, shall be carried forward as a credit to the Fund for the next       
      financial year.                                                           
                                                                                
  (5) The administrative work, including the receipt of money appropriated by   
Parliament for, or donated for the purposes of, the Fund or accruing to the     
Fund from any source, and the making of payments from the Fund in compliance    
with a recommendation in terms of this Act, shall be performed by officers in   
the Public Service designated by the Minister.                                  
                                                                                
  (6) The Minister shall appoint an officer designated under subsection (5) as  
accounting officer in respect of the Fund.                                      
                                                                                
  (7) The Auditor-General shall audit the Fund and all financial statements     
relating thereto, and the provisions of section 6 of the Auditor-General Act,   
1989 (Act No. 52 of 1989), shall apply in respect of any such audit.            
                                                                                
Completion of report by Commission and dissolution of Commission                
                                                                                
   43. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), the Commission shall    
within a period of 18 months from its constitution or the further period, not   
exceeding six months, as the President may determine, complete its work.        
                                                                                
   (2) The Commission shall within three months, from the date contemplated in  
subsection (1), complete its final report.                                      
                                                                                
   (3) The Commission shall be dissolved on a date determined by the President  
by proclamation in the Gazette.                                                 
                                                                                
Publication of final report of Commission                                       
                                                                                
   44. The President shall, in such manner as he or she may deem fit, bring the 
final report of the Commission to the notice of the Nation, among others, by    
laying such report, within two months after having received it, upon the Table  
in Parliament.                                                                  
                                                                                
Approach to and review by joint committee of, and reports to, Parliament        
                                                                                
   45. (1) (a) The Commission may, at any time, approach the joint committee    
with regard to any matter pertaining to the functions and powers of the         
Commission.                                                                     
                                                                                
   (b) The Minister may at any time approach the joint committee with regard to 
any matter pertaining to functions and powers which may be performed or         
exercised by him or her in terms of this Act.                                   
                                                                                
   (c) The joint committee may at any time review any regulation made under     
section 40 and request the President to amend certain regulations or to make    
further regulations in terms of that section.                                   
                                                                                
   (2) The Commission shall submit to Parliament half-yearly financial reports: 
                                                                                
Provided that the Commission may, at any time, submit a financial report to     
Parliament on specific or general matters if-                                   
                                                                                
     (a) it deems it necessary;                                                 
     (b) it deems it in the public interest;                                    
     (c) it requires the urgent attention of, or an intervention by, Parliament;
     (d) it is requested to do so by the Speaker of the National Assembly or    
           the President of the Senate.                                         
                                                                                
Chief executive officer, secretaries, expenditure and estimates of Commission   
                                                                                
   46. (1) The Commission shall appoint in its service a person as the chief    
executive officer of the Commission and four other persons as secretaries to    
the Commission, the Committee on Human Rights Violations, the Committee on      
Amnesty and the Committee on Reparation and Rehabilitation, respectively.       
                                                                                
   (2) The chief executive officer-                                             
                                                                                
     (a)  shall for the purposes of section 15 of the                           
           Exchequer Act, 1975 (Act No.66 of 1975), be the accounting officer   
           in respect of all State moneys received in respect of and paid out   
           of the account of the Commission referred to in subsection (4), and  
           shall keep proper accounting records of all financial transactions   
           of the Commission;                                                   
                                                                                
     (b) shall carry out such duties and perform such functions as the          
          Commission may from time to time impose upon or assign to him or her  
          in order to achieve the objectives of the Commission.                 
                                                                                
   (3) The expenses in connection with the exercise of the powers, the          
performance of the functions and the carrying out of the duties of the          
Commission shall be defrayed out of money appropriated by Parliament for that   
purpose.                                                                        
                                                                                
   (4) The Commission shall, in consultation with the Minister of Finance, open 
an account with a banking institution, into which shall be deposited all moneys 
appropriated as mentioned in subsection (3) and from which all money required   
to pay for the expenses so mentioned shall be paid.                             
                                                                                
   (5) (a) The Commission shall within three months from the date referred to   
in section 7(3), for the first financial year, and thereafter in each financial 
year for the following financial year, in a format determined by the Audit      
Commission established by section 2 of the Audit Arrangements Act, 1992 (Act    
No. 122 of 1992), prepare the necessary estimate of revenue and expenditure of  
the Commission, which shall, after consultation with the said Audit Commission, 
be submitted to the Minister for his or her approval, granted in concurrence    
with the Minister of Finance, for furtherance in terms of subsection (3).       
                                                                                
   (b) The Commission shall not incur any expenditure which exceeds the total   
amount approved in terms of paragraph (a).                                      
                                                                                
   (6) As from the date on which the Commission is dissolved in terms of        
section 43(3) and after all the expenses referred to in subsection (3) have     
been paid, the account opened in terms of subsection (4) shall be closed and    
the balance of the moneys deposited into that account, if any, shall be         
transferred to the fiscus.                                                      
                                                                                
Consequences of dissolution                                                     
                                                                                
   47. (1) As from the date on which the Commission is dissolved in terms of    
section 43(3), all the funds and property which vested in the President's Fund  
immediately prior to that date shall be transferred to the Disaster Relief Fund 
referred to in Chapter 11 of the Fund-raising Act, 1978 (Act No. 107 of 1978),  
and shall vest in the Disaster Relief Fund.                                     
                                                                                
   (2) After the date referred to in subsection (1), all the funds and property 
which would have accrued to the President's Fund, if the Commission had not     
been dissolved, shall vest in the Disaster Relief Fund.                         
                                                                                
   (3) Any funds or property which, by trust, donation or bequest were vested   
in, orwould have accrued to, the President's Fund, and which vest in the        
Disaster Relief Fund in terms of subsection (1), shall be dealt with by the     
board of the Disaster Relief Fund in accordance with the conditions of such     
trust, donation or bequest.                                                     
                                                                                
   (4) As from the date referred to in subsection (1) the liabilities incurred  
by the Commission or the President's Fund in terms of this Act, shall pass to   
the Disaster Relief Fund: Provided that such a liability shall be defrayed only 
from funds or property which vest in the Disaster Relief Fund in terms of this  
section.                                                                        
                                                                                
   (5) No transfer duty, stamp duty or registration fees shall be payable in    
respect of the acquisition of any funds or property in terms of this section.   
                                                                                
Acts repealed                                                                   
                                                                                
   48. (1) The Indemnity Act, 1990 (Act No. 35 of 1990), the Indemnity          
Amendment Act, 1992 (Act No. 124 of 1992), and the Further Indemnity Act, 1992  
(Act No. 151 of 1992), are hereby repealed.                                     
                                                                                
       (2) Any indemnity granted under the provisions of the Indemnity Act,     
1990, the Indemnity Amendment Act, 1992, or the Further Indemnity Act, 1992,    
shall remain in force notwithstanding the repeal of those Acts.                 
                                                                                
       (3) Any temporary immunity or indemnity granted under an Act repealed in 
terms of subsection (1) shall remain in force for a period of 12 months after   
the date referred to in section 7(3) notwithstanding the repeal of that Act.    
                                                                                
Short title and commencement                                                    
                                                                                
  49. This Act shall be called the Promotion of National Unity and              
Reconciliation Act, 1995, and shall come into operation on a date fixed by the  
President by proclamation in the Gazette.