Contents: Obligations of Parliament and its separate bodies

International Cooperation in Criminal Matters Act 75 of 1996

27 President may enter into agreements
(1) The President may on such conditions as he or she may deem fit enter into any agreement with any foreign State for the provision of mutual assistance in criminal matters and may agree to any amendment of such agreement.
(2) The Minister shall as soon as practical after Parliament has agreed to the ratification of, accession to or amendment or revocation of an agreement referred to in subsection (1), give notice thereof in the Gazette.

International Health Regulations Act 28 of 1974

2 Application of International Health Regulations in Republic
The International Health Regulations shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, apply in the Republic.
3 Promulgation of notices and regulations by Minister of National Health and Population Development
(1) The Minister of National Health and Population Development may by notice in the Gazette-
(a) designate any part in the Republic which shall, for the purposes of Article 17 of the International Health Regulations, be deemed to be an approved port;
(b) designate any airport in the Republic which shall, for the purposes of the International Health Regulations, be deemed to be a sanitary airport;
(c) apply in the Republic, without any modification or with such modifications as he may deem fit, any regulation adopted by the World Health Assembly, after the commencement of this Act, to amend or supplement the International Health Regulations.
(2) The Minister of National Health and Population Development may make regulations-
(a) to give effect to any provision of the International Health Regulations as applicable in the Republic;
(b) prescribing fees, and providing for the recovery of any expenditure incurred, in connection with the application in the Republic of the International Health Regulations.
(4) Any notice made under subsection (1) and any regulation made under subsection (2) shall be laid upon the Tables of both Houses of Parliament within fourteen days after promulgation thereof if Parliament is in ordinary session or, if Parliament is not in ordinary session, within fourteen days after the commencement of its next ensuing ordinary session.
(5) Any notice or regulation referred to in subsection (4) or any provision thereof may by resolution passed by both Houses of Parliament during the session in which such notice or regulation has been laid upon the Tables, be disapproved of and thereupon the provisions of section 12 (2) of the Interpretation Act, 1957 (Act 33 of 1957), shall apply as if such resolution were a law repealing such notice, regulation or provision.

International Trade Administration Act 71 of 2002

7 Establishment and independence of Commission
(1) The International Trade Administration Commission is hereby established, and- …
13 Chief Commissioner
(1) The Chief Commissioner is the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, is responsible for the general administration of the Commission, and must- …
22 Public information and reporting
(3) The Chief Commissioner must within six months after the end of the financial year of the Commission, prepare and submit to the Minister an annual report in the prescribed form, containing-
(a) the audited financial statements prepared in terms of section 24 (8);
(b) the auditor-general's report, prepared in terms of section 24 (9);
(c) a report on the performance of the Commission and of activities undertaken in terms of this Act; and
(d) any other information that the Minister may require.
(4) The Minister must table the annual report in Parliament within 14 days of receipt thereof if Parliament is sitting or, if Parliament is not then sitting, within 14 days of the commencement of the next sitting.
(5) The Minister may table in Parliament any other report submitted regarding-
(a) a statement of the progress achieved during the preceding year towards realisation of the objects of this Act; and
(b) any other information determined by the Minister.

Interpretation Act 33 of 1957

12 Effect of repeal of a law
(1) Where a law repeals and re-enacts with or without modifications, any provision of a former law, references in any other law to the provision so repealed shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as references to the provision so re-enacted.
(2) Where a law repeals any other law, then unless the contrary intention appears, the repeal shall not-
(a) revive anything not in force or existing at the time at which the repeal takes effect; or
(b) affect the previous operation of any law so repealed or anything duly done or suffered under the law so repealed; or
(c) affect any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under any law so repealed; or
(d) affect any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against any law so repealed; or
(e) affect any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, forfeiture or punishment as is in this subsection mentioned,
and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced, and any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed, as if the repealing law had not been passed.
17 List of certain proclamations and notices to be submitted to Parliament and provincial legislatures
When the President, a Minister or the Premier or a member of the Executive Council of a province is by any law authorized to make rules or regulations for any purpose in such law stated, notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, a list of the proclamations, government notices and provincial notices under which such rules or regulations were published in the Gazette during the period covered in the list, stating in each case the number, date and title of the proclamation, government notice or provincial notice and the number and date of the Gazette in which it was published, shall be submitted to Parliament or the provincial legislature concerned, as the case may be, within fourteen days after the publication of the rules or regulations in the Gazette.