Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities Act, 2002 (Act No. 19 of 2002)Part 7 : Community Councils36. Recommendation of establishment of community councils |
| 1) | Persons belonging to a cultural, religious or linguistic community may form, join and maintain cultural, religious and linguistic associations and other organs of civil society as envisaged in section 31 of the Constitution. |
| 2) | The Commission may recommend to a community, which is not organised, to initiate and establish a community council at a provincial or national level if the establishment of such a council would be conducive to- |
| a) | the promotion and protection of the rights of such a community; and |
| b) | the promotion and development of peace, friendship, humanity, tolerance and national unity among and within the different communities in South Africa. |
