The constitution and laws of Belize
APPOINTMENT, ETC. OF PUBLIC OFFICERS
106.- (1) The power to appoint persons to hold or act in offices in the
public services (including the power to confirm appointments), and, subject to
the provisions of section 111 of this Constitution, 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 Services
Commission constituted for each case as prescribed in section 105 (11) of this
Constitution.
(2) In subsection (1) of this section "public service" includes the military
service, as defined in section 105 (17) of this Constitution.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Governor General may
make regulations on any matter relating to -
a. the formulation of schemes for recruitment to the public service;
b. the determination of a code of conduct for public officers;
c. the fixing of salaries and privileges;
d. the principles governing the promotion and transfer of public officers;
e. measures to ensure displicine, and to govern the dismissal and retirement of
public officers, including the procedures to be followed;
f. the procedure for delegation of authority by and to public officers; and
g. generally for the management and control of the public service.
(4) The Public Services Commission shall, in the exercise of its functions
under this section, be governed by regulations made under subsection (3) of
this section.
(5) The Public Services Commission may, 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, with the
consent of the Prime Minister, to any public officer.
(6) The provisions of this section shall not apply in relation to the following
offices, that is to say -
a. any office to which section 107 of this Constitution applies;
b. the offices of justice of the Supreme Court and Justice of Appeal;
c. the office of Auditor General;
d. the office of Director of Public Prosecutions; or
e. any office to which section 110 of this Constitution applies.
(7) No person shall be appointed under this section to or to act in any office
on the Governor General's personal staff except with the concurrence of the
Governor General, acting in his own deliberate judgment.
(8) A public officer shall not be removed from office or subjected to any other
punishment under this section on the grounds of any act done or omitted by him
in the exercise of a judicial function conferred on him unless the Judicial and
Legal Services section of the Public Services Commission concurs therein.
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