Chapter 4: Parliament
(2)
The National Assembly may not exclude the public, including the media, from a
sitting of a committee unless it is reasonable and justifiable to do so in an open and
democratic society.
national council of provinces
Composition of National Council
60.
(1)
(2)
(3)
The National Council of Provinces is composed of a single delegation from each
province consisting of ten delegates.
The ten delegates are—
(a) four special delegates consisting of—
(i) the Premier of the province or, if the Premier is not available, any
member of the provincial legislature designated by the Premier either
generally or for any specific business before the National Council of
Provinces; and
(ii) three other special delegates; and
(b) six permanent delegates appointed in terms of section 61(2).
The Premier of a province, or if the Premier is not available, a member of the
province’s delegation designated by the Premier, heads the delegation.
Allocation of delegates
61.
(1)
(2)
Parties represented in a provincial legislature are entitled to delegates in the
province’s delegation in accordance with the formula set out in Part B of Schedule 3.
(a) A provincial legislature must, within 30 days after the result of an election of
that legislature is declared—
(i) determine, in accordance with national legislation, how many of each
party’s delegates are to be permanent delegates and how many are to be
special delegates; and
(ii) appoint the permanent delegates in accordance with the nominations of
the parties.
(b) …….
[Para. (b) omitted by s. 1 of the Constitution Fourteenth Amendment Act of 2008.]
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