Contents: Obligations of Parliament and its separate bodies

Films and Publications Act 65 of 1996 as amended by

Films and Publications Amendment Act 3 of 2009

3 Establishment of Film and Publication Board and Film and Publication Review Board

(1) There is hereby established-
(a) a juristic person which shall be known as the Film and Publication Board; and
(b) a juristic person which shall be known as the Film and Publication Review Board,
which shall perform the functions, exercise the powers and carry out the duties, assigned to, conferred on or imposed upon them in terms of this Act.
14 Annual report (as amended)
(1) The Council shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year prepare a report on all the activities of the Council and Appeal Tribunal during that financial year, and on the financial position of the Council and Appeal Tribunal as at the end of that financial year.
(2) The report contemplated in subsection (1), together with the audited balance sheet and accounts pertaining to the funds of the Council and Appeal Tribunal shall be submitted to the Minister for tabling in Parliament.

Finance and Financial Adjustments Acts Consolidation Act 11 of 1977

39 Provisions applicable to allocations of special drawing rights to Republic and transactions in such drawing rights

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law, the Treasury may from time to time receive the allocations by the International Monetary Fund to the Republic of special drawing rights, as defined in section 1 of the South African Reserve Bank Act, 1944 (Act 29 of 1944).
(2) The special drawing rights referred to in subsection (1) shall be transferred to the South African Reserve Bank, in this section referred to as the bank, by the Treasury and the bank shall reimburse the Treasury with the equivalent in South African currency of the total amount of the value of such rights thus transferred by the Treasury.
(3) The amount accruing to the Treasury in terms of subsection (2), shall be credited to the State Revenue Account and transferred to the bank for the credit of an account (in this section referred to as the Special Drawing Rights Deposit Account) to be established and managed by the bank on behalf of the Treasury.
(4) Any expenditure, assessments, charges or interest payable relating to transactions of the Republic in respect of special drawing rights, shall be debited by the bank to an account (in this section referred to as the Drawing Rights Expense Account) to be established and managed by the bank on behalf of the Treasury.
(5) Any interest earned or any other revenue obtained relating to transactions of the Republic in respect of special drawing rights, shall be received on behalf of the Treasury by the bank and credited to an account (in this section referred to as the Drawing Rights Revenue Account) to be established and managed by the bank on behalf of the Treasury.
(6) Any expenditure incurred, loss sustained or profit gained as contemplated by subsections (4) and (5) and relating to transactions of the Republic in respect of special drawing rights, shall be for the account of the State Revenue Account.
(7) Moneys in the Special Drawing Rights Deposit Account may at any time be utilized by the Treasury to take over special drawing rights from the bank in order to redeem allocations of special drawing rights received by the Republic from the International Monetary Fund.
(8) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Exchequer and Audit Act, 1975 (Act 66 of 1975), the Treasury is hereby authorized to grant from time to time to the accounting officer concerned, as a charge to the State Revenue Account, credits for the amounts required for the purposes of subsections (3) and (6).
(9) Any moneys which are utilized in terms of the provisions of subsections (3) and (6), shall be deemed to have been appropriated in terms of an Appropriation Act.
(10) The Auditor-General may accept as correct a certificate by the auditors of the bank, that any statement of account to which the certificate relates is a true and complete statement of all transactions, receipts and payments by the bank in terms of the provisions of this section during the period covered by such statement.
(11) Any balances on the accounts referred to in subsections (4) and (5), may be carried forward until such times as either the Treasury or the bank deems it desirable that a settlement of the outstanding balances shall be effected.
(12) The Minister of Finance shall as soon as possible after 31 March of each year lay on the Table of the Senate and of the House of Assembly a statement in which the receipts of and expenditure from the accounts established in terms of this section, are shown in respect of the year ending on the said date.

Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act 37 of 2002

25 Disestablishment and liquidation of Office
(1) The Office may not be disestablished or liquidated except by an Act of Parliament.
(2) In the event of any such disestablishment or liquidation, the surplus assets of the Office (if any) accrue to the Board.

Financial and Fiscal Commission Act 99 of 1997

3 Functions
(2A) (a) An organ of state in one sphere of government which seeks to assign a power or function to an organ of state in another sphere of government in terms of law must first, before assigning the power or function- …
(b) The Commission must, not later than 180 days from the date of its receipt of the notification and request contemplated in paragraph (a) or such other period agreed with the relevant organ of state, make such recommendation or give such advice on the intended assignment as may be appropriate.
(2C) If the Commission fails to comply with subsection (2A) (b), the Commission must submit written reasons for such failure to Parliament, and if appropriate, also to the relevant provincial legislature.
(6) The Commission must submit for tabling copies of all its recommendations made in terms of a provision of the Constitution to both Houses of Parliament and to the provincial legislatures.
26 Annual report
(1) The Commission must annually submit to both Houses of Parliament, to each provincial legislature and to the national organisation representing organised local government recognised in terms of the Organised Local Government Act, 1997, a report on the activities of the Commission during a financial year.
(2) The report must be submitted within six months after the end of the financial year to which it relates, and must include-
(a) a summary of all recommendations made by the Commission in terms of a requirement of the Constitution; and
(b) audited financial statements reflecting the Commission's financial affairs during the year, as required by the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act 1 of 1999).