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(b) initiate or prepare legislation falling within a functional area listed in Schedule
4 or other legislation referred to in section 76(3), but may not initiate or
prepare money Bills.
Evidence or information before National Council
69.
The National Council of Provinces or any of its committees may—
(a) summon any person to appear before it to give evidence on oath or affirmation
or to produce documents;
(b) require any institution or person to report to it;
(c) compel, in terms of national legislation or the rules and orders, any person or
institution to comply with a summons or requirement in terms of paragraph
(a) or (b); and
(d) receive petitions, representations or submissions from any interested persons
or institutions.
Internal arrangements, proceedings and procedures of National Council
70.
(1)
(2)
The National Council of Provinces may—
(a) determine and control its internal arrangements, proceedings and procedures;
and
(b) make rules and orders concerning its business, with due regard to
representative and participatory democracy, accountability, transparency and
public involvement.
The rules and orders of the National Council of Provinces must provide for—
(a) the establishment, composition, powers, functions, procedures and duration of
its committees;
(b) the participation of all the provinces in its proceedings in a manner consistent
with democracy; and
(c) the participation in the proceedings of the Council and its committees of
minority parties represented in the Council, in a manner consistent with
democracy, whenever a matter is to be decided in accordance with section 75.
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