Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act No. 108 of 1996)Chapter 4 : ParliamentNational Council of Provinces72. Public access to and involvement in National Council |
| (1) | The National Council of Provinces must— |
| (a) | facilitate public involvement in the legislative and other processes of the Council and its committees; and |
| (b) | conduct its business in an open manner, and hold its sittings, and those of its committees, in public, but reasonable measures may be taken— |
| (i) | to regulate public access, including access of the media, to the Council and its committees; and |
| (ii) | to provide for the searching of any person and, where appropriate, the refusal of entry to, or the removal of, any person. |
| (2) | The National Council of Provinces may not exclude the public, including the media, from a sitting of a committee unless it is reasonable and justifiable to do so in an open and democratic society. |