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9 of 2019
The Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Amendment Act 9 of 2019 aims:
- to amend the Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Act, 2004, so as:
- to amend a definition;
- to provide that the arrest and removal, on the order of a presiding officer, of a person who creates or takes part in any disturbance on the precincts is not applicable to a member;
- to provide that a provincial legislature may choose to either appoint a standing committee or establish an ad hoc committee to deal with disciplinary action against members of a provincial legislature for contempt of that provincial legislature;
- to provide that the Speaker of a provincial legislature exercises control and authority over the precincts on behalf of that provincial legislature;
- to clarify vague sections in the Act;
- to effect technical and grammatical corrections; and
- to provide for matters connected therewith.
Commencement
6 May 2019