Appointment Etc Of Public Officers |
Appointment Etc. Of Public Officers |
APPOINTMENT ETC. OF PUBLIC OFFICERS
100.- 1. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the power to appoint persons to hold or act in offices in the public service (including the power to make appointments on promotion and transfer and to confirm appointments), the power to exercise disciplinary control over persons holding or acting in such offices and the power to remove such persons from office shall vest in the Public Service Commission.
2. The Public Service Commission may with the approval of the Prime Minister by directions in writing and subject to such conditions as it thinks fit, delegate any of its powers under subsection (1) of this section to any one or more members of the Commission or to any public officer.
3. The provisions of this section shall not apply in relation to the following offices, that is to say-
a. any office to which section 101 of this Constitution applies;
b. the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions;
c. the office of the Director of Audit;
d. the office of the Attorney-General;
e. the office of the Supervisor of Elections; f. any office to which section 103 of this Constitution applies;
g. any office in the Police Force.
4. No person shall be appointed under this section to, or to act in, any office of the Governor-General's personal staff except with the concurrence of the Governor-General acting in his discretion.
5. The Public Service Commission shall not remove or inflict any punishment on a public officer on the grounds of any act done or omitted to be done by that officer in the exercise of a judicial function conferred upon him unless the Judicial and Legal Services Commission concurs therein.
6. In the performance if its functions the Public Service Commission shall act in a manner consistent with the general policy of the Government as conveyed to the Commission by the Prime Minister in writing.
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Constitution of Antigua
1. The State and its Territory 2. Constitution is Supreme Law 3. Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual 4. Protection of Right to Life 5. Protection of Right to Personal Liberty 6. Protection from Slavery and Forced Labour 7. Protection from Inhuman Treatment 8. Protection of Freedom of Movement 9. Protection from Deprivation of Property 10. Protection of Person Or Property from Arbitrary Search Or Entry 11. Protection of Freedom of Conscience 12. Protection of Freedom of Expression Including Freedom of the Press 13. Protection of Freedom of Assembly And Association 14. Protection from Discrimination On the Grounds of Race, Sex Etc. 15. Provision to Secure Protection of the Law 16. Derogations from Fundamental Rights And Freedoms Under Emergency Powers 17. Protection of Persons Detained-under Emergency Laws 18. Enforcement of Protective Provisions 19. Protection from Derogations from Fundamental Rights and Freedoms Generally 20. Declaration of Public Emergency 21. Interpretation and Savings 22. Establishment Of Office 23. Acting Governor-general 24. Oaths 25. Deputy to Governor-General 26. Public Seal 27. Establishment of Parliament 28. Composition of the Senate 29. Qualifications for Appointment as Senators 30. Disqualifications from Appointment as Senators 31. Tenure of Office of Senators 32. Appointment of Temporary Senators 33. President and Vice-president 34. Attendance of Attorney-general at Proceedings of Senate 35. Attendance at Proceedings of Senate of Ministers who are Members of the House 36. Composition of the House 37. Attendance at Proceedings of the House of Ministers who are Senators 38. Qualifications for Election as a Member of the House 39. Disqualifications from Election as a Member of the House 40. Election of Members of the House 41. Tenure of Seats of Members of the House 42. Speaker and Deputy Speaker 43. Clerks to Houses of Parliament and their Staffs 44. Determination of Questions of Membership 45. Unqualified Persons Sitting or Voting 46. Power to Make Laws 47. Alternation of this Constitution and Supreme Court Order 48. Oath of Allegiance by Members of Parliament 49. Presiding in Senate and House 50. Quorum 51. Voting 52. Mode of Exercising Legislative Power |