Professional statute overview
Enactment structure, operative effect and source provenance
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Purpose and legislative effect
“The Commission for Gender Equality must promote gender equality and has powers to carry out related functions.”
The Commission for Gender Equality must promote gender equality and has powers to carry out related functions. The preamble says the Commission on Gender Equality must promote gender equality and has powers to monitor, investigate, research, educate, advise, and report on gender-equality matters. This section amends section 1 of the principal Act by replacing three definitions: Commission, Constitution, and Minister. This section amends the rules for the Commission’s size, appointment process, and removal of members. This section amends the Act’s definition clause by replacing the definitions of “Grondwet,” “Kommissie,” and “Minister.”
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The Commission for Gender Equality must promote gender equality and has powers to carry out related functions.
Section 1
This section amends the Act’s definition clause by replacing the definitions of “Grondwet,” “Kommissie,” and “Minister.”
Section 2
Earlier legal references to the old Act name must be read as references to the new Act name.
Section 7
This provision amends Article 11 of the principal Act by replacing the words before paragraph (a) in subsection (1).
Section 5
This provision states the Act’s short title.
Section 9
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Source record from www.parliament.gov.za · updated 26 Nov 2013
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