Replying to debate on the Judicial Matters Amendment Bill she said the African National Congress was not debating the commission's amnesty requirements, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu could count on its support.
The Bill which clarifies that perpetrators of human rights violations must have acted with a political motive if they want amnesty from the commission was passed unanimously.
Political motivation has always been a pre-requisite for amnesty, but the proposed amendment to the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act specifically adds the political motivation requirement to the definition of human right violations.
In other amendments the Bill also places an obligation on the commission, rather than its amnesty committee, to publish the names of those who have been given amnesty, and clarifies the commission's powers of subpoena.
The bill also proposes that magistrates' courts be allowed to impose prison sentences of up to three years, instead of the present one year, and that regional courts be given the jurisdiction to impose 15 year sentences - five years more than it now may.
It also suggests the justice minister may delegate his power to appoint regional court presidents and chief magistrates.