Contents: Obligations of Parliament and its separate bodies

South African Geographical Names Council Act 118 of 1998

2 Establishment and objects of Council

(1) There is hereby established a body to be known as the South African Geographical Names Council.
11 Annual report
(1) The Council must annually submit a report on its activities, including an assessment of the extent to which its objects have been achieved, to the Minister.
(2) The Minister must cause the report to be tabled in Parliament within 14 days after receipt thereof 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.
(3) Within five months after the report has been tabled, a delegation consisting of the chairperson of the council and at least two other council members must brief the Portfolio Committee on Arts, Culture, Science and Technology on the annual report

South African Judicial Education Institute Act 14 of 2008
15. Annual report
(1) The Council must prepare and submit to the Minister an annual report in the form prescribed by the Minister within six months after the end of the Institute’s financial year.
(2) The annual report referred to in subsection (1) must include the following

documents:

(a) The audited financial statements prepared in terms of this Act;

(b) the auditor’s report prepared in terms of this Act;

(c) a report of the activities undertaken in terms of the Institute’s functions set out in this Act; and

(d) a statement of the progress made during the preceding year towards achieving the objects of this Act.
(3) The Minister must table in Parliament each annual report submitted in terms of this Act.

South African Law Commission Act 19 of 1973

7 Reports of Commission

(1) The Commission shall prepare a full report in regard to any matter investigated by it and shall submit such report together with draft legislation, if any, prepared by it, to the Minister for consideration.
(2) The Commission shall within five months of the end of a financial year of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development submit to the Minister a report on all its activities during that financial year.
(3) The report referred to in subsection (2) shall be laid upon the Table in Parliament within fourteen days after it was submitted to the Minister, if Parliament is then in session, or, if Parliament is not then in session, within 14 days after the commencement of its next ensuing session.

South African Maritime and Aeronautical Search and Rescue Act 44 of 2002

4 Establishment and object of South African Search and Rescue Organisation

(1) The South African Search and Rescue Organisation is hereby established.
22 Report
(1) SASAR must furnish the Minister with a report on its activities-
(a) at least once a year; and
(b) whenever required by the Minister.
(2) The Minister must table a copy of SASAR's annual report in Parliament within 30 days after it has been received by him or her if Parliament is then sitting and if Parliament is not sitting, within 14 days after the start of the next sitting.

South African Maritime Safety Authority Act 5 of 1998

2 Establishment and transfer of certain functions

(1) The South African Maritime Safety Authority is hereby established as a juristic person.
41 Guarantee of borrowings
(1) The Minister of Finance may guarantee the compliance by the Authority with obligations incurred by it under section 40.
(2) A contract under subsection (1) may include a provision-
(a) agreeing that legal proceedings under the contract may be instituted in the courts of a foreign country; or
(b) waiving the immunity of the State from suit in the courts of a foreign country.
(3) Where the Minister of Finance guarantees such a borrowing, that Minister must cause to be tabled in Parliament within 15 sitting days after the contract is entered into, notice specifying the amount and term of the borrowing and such other information relating to the borrowing or the guarantee as that Minister considers appropriate.

South African Medical Research Council Act 58 of 1991

2 Continued existence of South African Medical Research Council

(1) The South African Medical Research Council established by section 2 of the South African Medical Research Council Act, 1969 (Act 19 of 1969), shall, notwithstanding the repeal of that Act by this Act, continue to exist as a juristic person known as the MRC.

6. Control over, and management of affairs of, MRC.*—(1) The affairs of the MRC shall be managed and controlled by a Board, which shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, determine the policy and objectives of the MRC and exercise control generally over the performance of its functions, the exercise of its powers and the execution of its duties.

*MRC refers to the Medical Research Council
14 Accounting, auditing and annual report
(3) The Board shall furnish the Minister with such information as he may call for from time to time in connection with the activities and financial position of the MRC and shall as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year submit to the Minister an annual report on the MRC's affairs and functions in respect of that financial year, which shall, inter alia, include-
(a) an audited balance sheet, including any notes thereon or a document annexed thereto providing the information required by this Act;
(b) an audited income statement, including any similar financial statement where such form is appropriate, and including any notes thereon or a document annexed thereto providing the information required by this Act; and
(c) a statement of cash flow information.
(6) As soon as practicable after a report has been submitted to the Minister in terms of subsection (3), he shall table it in Parliament.

South African National Space Agency 36 of 2008
7. Appointment of Board members
(1) The Minister appoints members of the Board after—

(a) publishing a notice in the Gazette and two national newspapers circulating in the Republic calling upon members of the public to nominate persons contemplated in section 6(2)(a) and (b);
(b) appointing a panel of experts to compile a short-list of not more than thirty (30) persons from the nominees referred to in paragraph (a);
(c) the chairperson of the panel has submitted a short-list of candidates together with their curriculum vitae to the Minister who must submit it to the National Assembly for approval; and
(d) the National Assembly has submitted to the Minister an approved short-list from which to select.
8. Disqualification, removal from office, term of office and filling of vacancies
(1) person may not be appointed as a member contemplated in section 6(2)(a) or (b) if he or she—

(a) is an unrehabilitated insolvent;

(b) has been declared by a court to be mentally ill;

(c) has been convicted of an offence in the Republic or elsewhere and was sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine, other than an offence committed prior to 27 April 1994 associated with a political objective for which amnesty was granted by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission;

(d) is a member of the National Assembly, a provincial legislature or any municipal council, or is a delegate to the National Council of Provinces;

(e) is not a citizen of, or does not have the right of permanent residence in, the Republic; or

(f) has, as a result of improper conduct, been removed from a position of trust by a competent court of law.