Contents: Obligations of Parliament and its separate bodies

Overvaal Resorts Limited Act 127 of 1993

4 Share capital of company

(1) The share capital of the company shall be R60 000 000, divided into 60 000 000 shares, each with a nominal value of one rand.
(2) The share capital of the company may from time to time and with the approval of the Minister be increased by the issue of additional shares with a nominal value of one rand each.
(3) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 66 and 344 (d) of the Companies Act and subject to the provisions of paragraph (b), the State shall be the holder of the shares in the company.
(b) The Minister may, with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance and the approval by resolution of Parliament, sell or otherwise alienate to any person shares which are held by the State: Provided that a requirement that the total shareholding of foreign shareholders shall not exceed 20% of the issued share capital of the company shall be incorporated in the memorandum and articles of association of the company.

Pan South African Language Board Act 59 of 1995

2 Establishment of Board

(1) There is hereby established a board to be known as the Pan South African Language Board.
(2) The Board shall be a juristic person and shall be represented by the chairperson or deputy chairperson or any of its members designated by the Board in general or for a specific purpose.
10B Accounting and auditing
(4) The Board shall, within 30 days after receipt of the auditor's report, submit its audited financial statements and the auditor's report to the Minister, who shall lay it on the table in the National Assembly within 14 days after receipt, if the National Assembly is then sitting or, if it is not sitting then, within 14 days after the beginning of its next sitting.
12 Reports
(1) (a) The Board shall make public its reports, findings, points of view, advice or recommendations by means of publication in the Gazette on a quarterly basis or such other shorter period as the Board deems fit, and in the case of provincial language matters, also in the Provincial Gazette.
(b) Without detracting from section 10B and subsection (3) of this section, the Board shall-
(i) furnish to the Minister such information as he or she may at any time require in connection with any of the Board's activities or its finances; and
(ii) submit a report on a quarterly basis to Parliament or a provincial legislature, as the case may be.
(2) The Board's reports shall be taken into account by Parliament, legislatures and executive bodies at all levels of government, and by all organs of state, other institutions, persons and bodies of persons.
(3) The Board shall annually not later than the first day of June submit to-
(a) Parliament a comprehensive report on all its activities during the preceding year, up to 31 March; and
(b) a provincial legislature a comprehensive report on all its activities in respect of provincial language matters regarding that province.
(4) Within five months after the report has been tabled, a delegation consisting of the chairperson of the board and at least two other board members must brief the Portfolio Committee on the annual report.

Pension Funds Act 24 of 1954

30B Establishment of Office of Pension Funds Adjudicator

(1) There is hereby established an office which shall be known as the Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator.
(2) The functions of the Office shall be performed by the Pension Funds Adjudicator.
30X Liquidation
(1) The Office of the Adjudicator shall not be placed in liquidation except by Act of Parliament.
(2) In the event of the liquidation of the Office, the surplus assets of the Office (if any) shall accrue to the State.

Pensions Funds Amendment Act 11 of 2007

The following sections are hereby inserted in the principal Act (Act 24 of 1954) after section 40:
Scrutiny of Regulations
40C. Before regulations in terms of this Act are promulgated, the

Minister must publish the draft regulations in the Government Gazette for

public comment and submit the regulations to Parliament, while it is in

session, for parliamentary scrutiny at least one month before their

promulgation.

Perishable Products Exports Control Act 9 of 1983

2 Continued existence of Perishable Products Export Control Board

The Perishable Products Export Control Board, established in terms of the Perishable Products Export Control Act, 1926 (Act 53 of 1926), shall, notwithstanding the repeal of that Act by this Act, continue to exist and to be a juristic person.
16 Reports by board
(1) The board shall within six months after the end of each financial year (which shall end on 31 December) furnish the Minister and all registered exporters with a report in respect of its activities during that financial year.
(2) Every report referred to in subsection (1) shall be accompanied by a balance sheet, audited as provided by section 18 (10), and a full statement, so audited, of the board's income and expenditure in respect of that financial year.
(3) The Minister shall lay every report, balance sheet and statement of income and expenditure furnished in terms of this section upon the Table of the House of Assembly within 30 days after receipt thereof, if the House of Assembly is then in ordinary session, or, if the House of Assembly is not then in ordinary session, within 30 days after the commencement of its next ensuing ordinary session.

Post Office Act 44 of 1958

1 Definitions

'department' means the Department of Communications;
'Director-General' means the officer occupying the post with that designation on the fixed establishment of the department,
2 Administration and control of the department
(1) The administration, control and management of the department shall, subject to the authority of the Minister, be vested in an officer to be styled the Director-General.
(2) The Director-General shall have the supervision and control of all persons in the service of the department and all offices or workplaces of the department and all services and activities which the department may render or undertake, and may issue such instructions as he may deem necessary for the conduct and guidance of officers of the department in carrying out the provisions of this Act.

3 Incorporation of successor companies

(1) On a date or dates preceding the postal transfer date or the telecommunications transfer date, as the case may be, the Minister shall effect the incorporation in terms of the Companies Act of two public companies, namely, a postal company to conduct a postal service and a telecommunications company to conduct a telecommunications service, which companies shall bear names approved by the Minister, and the issue to each company of a certificate to commence business.

12V Submission of statements

The Minister shall within three months after the end of the financial year of each successor company lay upon the Table in Parliament the audited annual financial statements of the company, if Parliament is then in ordinary session, or, if Parliament is not then in ordinary session, within 14 days after the commencement of its next ordinary session.

120A Annual reports

As soon as is practicable after 31 March of each year, the Director- General shall frame a report upon the activities of the department during the year which ended on that date, and every report framed in terms of this section shall be sent to the Minister and shall be laid upon the Table in the Senate and in the House of Assembly within fourteen days after receipt thereof, if Parliament is then in ordinary session, or if Parliament is not then in ordinary session, within fourteen days of the commencement of its next ensuing ordinary session.