Handing over of the name lists of Members of the National Assembly and Provincial Legislatures to the Chief Justice
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa enjoins the Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa, to establish the National Assembly following general elections.
The Chief Justice presides over the first sitting of the National Assembly to administer the oath or solemn affirmation to members of the National Assembly in terms of section 48 read with Schedule 2: 4(1) to the Constitution.
In line with these duties, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng will on 15 May 2019 officially receive from the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) the lists of designated members of Parliament (MPs) and members of Provincial Legislatures (MPLs).
The Chief Justice will in turn hand over the National Assembly list to the Acting Secretary to Parliament in preparation for the first sitting of the National Assembly. The Chief Justice will also hand the lists of designated Provincial Legislatures to the Judges President who have been designated by the Chief Justice to preside over the first sittings of the Provincial Legislatures.
Media is invited to the ceremony to mark the IEC handover of the lists of designated MPs and MPLs to the Chief Justice as follows:
Date: 15 May 2019
Time: 14h00
Place: The Constitutional Court of South Africa, Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
Media enquiries:
Nathi Mncube
Cell: 0848148364
E-mail: NMncube@judiciary.org.za
