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Clause 8 on independence of the commission proposes that the commission should
not be subject to direction or control of any person or authority in the discharge of its
functions.
Clause 9 gives the quorum of the commission as seven for meetings, nine for hearings
and three for committees.
Clause 10 gives the commission power to regulate its procedure and to apply rules of
natural justice.
15. PART III OF THE BILL- FUNCTIONS OF THE NATIONAL TRUTH AND RECONCILLIATION
COMMISSION
This part comprises clauses 11-13. Clause 11 gives the functions of the Commission like
initiating, facilitating and coordinating inquiries into gross violations of human rights,
receiving evidence, encouraging inter-communal reconciliation, etc.
Clause 12 proposes that the jurisdiction of the commission should be the investigation
and hearing of matters of gross violations of human rights save for those matters before
the International crimes division of the high court, among others.
Clause 13 gives the powers of the commission like summoning any person to attend the
commission or to produce any books or documents in his or her custody, etc.
16. PART IV-SECRETARIAT AND STAFF OF THE COMMISSION
Clauses 14-18 deal with the secretariat of the commission. Clause 14 proposes that the
secretariat should be responsible for the day to day operations of the commission with
functions such as to collect evidence, record statements from any person connected
to a matter, interview any person connected to a matter, etc; the secretariat should be
headed by the executive secretary.
Clause 15, proposes that the executive secretary should be appointed by the Minister on
the recommendation of the commission.
Clause 16 gives the powers of the executive secretary like implementing the policies
and programmes of the commission, managing the funds of the commission, keeping
records of the proceedings of the commission, etc.
Clause 17 gives the commission powers to appoint officers and other staff necessary for
effective performance of its functions; Clause 18 proposes that the Commission may
establish regional offices for purposes of discharging its functions.
17. PART V- HEARINGS AND PROCEDURE OF THE COMMISSION
Clauses 19- 31 deal with the committees of the commission which include the human
rights committee, amnesty committee, reparations committee and any other committee
as may be constituted by the commission.
Clauses 20 and 21 propose that the human rights committee should be composed of a
chairperson and at least three commissioners one of whom a woman. The committee
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