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Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities Act, 2002 (Act No. 19 of 2002)

Part 3 : Composition and Membership of Commission

10. Qualifications for membership

 

1) A member of the Commission must-
a) be a South African citizen;
b) be a fit and proper person to hold office as a member of the Commission; and
c) subscribe to the objects of the Commission set out in section 4.

 

2) The following persons are disqualified from becoming or remaining a member of the Commission:
a) A person who on any of the grounds set out in section 47(1)(c), (d) or (e) of the Constitution is not eligible to be a member of the National Assembly;
b) a person who fails to resign as provided for in section 16(3)(c);
c) a person who has been removed from office in terms of section 17; or
d) a person who has been convicted of a crime or an offence in respect of which a court has determined that hatred based on race, ethnicity, gender or religion played a role.