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Provincial Gazette for Eastern Cape No. 4405, 30 March 2020, Vol 27, Page 20

20200330 - Provincial Gazette for Eastern Cape No 4405 of 30-March-2020, Volume 27, page 20

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Gazette	Provincial Gazettes (Eastern Cape), No 4405, from 30 March, 2020
Notice	Page No. 5 of 11, Notice No. 71, Provincial Commissions Amendment Bill, 2020 (Eastern Cape) » the above mentioned Bill is hereby published for public comment

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                        shall have 'urisdiction to im    Pose an   Y Penal typ rescribed b   Y an  Y such
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2. Amendment of Section 2 of Act No. 3 of 1994

Section 2 of the Principal Act is hereby amended-

(1) By the substitution for section 2 of the following  subsection :

` 1    A commission may sit at any place in the Province     of the Eastern Cape
                               determined b the Chai erson for the       purpose of hearing evidence or
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                               addresses or of deliberating.

(2) By the insertion after subsection 1 of the following  subsection :

( 2  )  The chai erson shall   qive notice of eve rY sittin of such a commission
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                               b YPublication of a notice in the Provincial Gazette  and two news a ers
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                               in circulation in the Province."

3. Amendment of Section 5 of Act No 3 of 1994

Section 5 of the Principal Act is hereby amended    by the substitution for section  5

of the following section:

"W_Any person who wilfully interrupts the     proceedings of a commission     or who

wilfully hinders or obstructs a commission in the  performance of its functions shall
                     be guilty of an offence and liable  on conviction to a fine [not exceeding R2 000

rand] or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding      six months or to both such
                     fine and imprisonment.

(2) An VDerson who-

(a) b V an means whatsoever causes an          Y witness to refrain from    q ivin O
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                            evidence or to ive false evidence before a commission

(b) b an means whatsoever revents         a witness from attendin an sittin   4 of
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                            a commission or
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