3-599: The South African Law Reform Commission ( SALRC ) is a law reform commission which investigates the state of South African law and makes proposals for its reform to Parliament and the provincial legislatures . It is an independent advisory statutory body established by the South African Law Reform Commission Act of 1973. It investigates matters appearing on a programme approved by the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development . The commission
6-603: Is part of the Commonwealth Association of Law Reform Agencies . The members of the SALRC are appointed by the President and are drawn from the judiciary, legal profession and academic institutions. The current members of the SALRC are: A new Commission is appointed every five years, the last appointment being in 2018. In February 2012, the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Jeff Radebe told reporters that
9-445: The SALRC would be re-engineered to boost its legal research capacity and to better serve the needs of South Africa. Law reform commission A law commission , law reform commission , or law revision commission is an independent body set up by a government to conduct law reform ; that is, to consider the state of laws in a jurisdiction and make recommendations or proposals for legal changes or restructuring. The first term
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