The constitution and laws of Barbados
Appointment, etc., of Director of Public Prosecutions
101. 1. The Director of Public Prosecutions (in this section referred to
as "the Director") shall be appointed by the Governor General, acting on the
recommendation of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission, by instrument
under the Public Seal.
2. A person shall not be qualified to hold or to act in the office of Director
unless he is qualified for appointment as a Judge.
3. If the office of the Director is vacant or if the holder thereof is for any
reason unable to perform the functions thereof, the Governor General, acting on
the recommendation of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission, may appoint a
person to act in the office of the Director; and any person so appointed shall,
subject to the provisions of subsection (4), continue so to act until a person
has been appointed to the office of the Director and has assumed the functions
of that office or, as the case may be, the holder thereof has resumed those
functions or until his appointment so to act is revoked by the Governor
General, acting as aforesaid.
4. Subject to the provisions of subsection (5), the Director shall vacate
office when he attains the age of sixty two years:
Provided that the Governor General acting on the recommendation of the Judicial
and Legal Service Commission, may permit a Director who has attained the age of
sixty two years to continue in office until he has attained such later age, not
exceeding sixty five years, as may have been agreed between the Governor
General and the Director.
5. The provisions of section 105 (which relate to removal form office) shall
apply to the office of the Director, and the prescribed authority for the
purposes of subsections (4) and (6) of that section shall be the Judicial and
Legal Service Commission.
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