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Tenure.
178. Subject to section 179 of this Constitution, the provisions of
section 163 of this Constitution shall apply in relation to the members of
the Police and Prison Services Commission referred to paragraph (b) of
subsection (1) of section 176 of this Constitution as they apply in relation
to a member of the Public Service Commission as regards tenure.
179. (1) The provisions of section 164 of this Constitution shall
apply in relation to the members of the Police and Prison Services
Commission referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 176
of this Constitution as they apply in relation to a member of the Public
Service Commission as regards the protection afforded by the tribunal
procedure respecting removal from office and suspension.
(2) The question that the removing from office of
either of the members of the Police and Prison Services Commission
referred to in subsection (1) of this section ought to be investigated
may be represented to the President by the Prime Minister.
Tribunal
procedure for
removal and
suspension.
Oaths.
Second
Schedule.
180. A member of the Commission shall not enter upon the duties
of his office until he has taken and subscribed the oaths of allegiance and
of office set out in the Second Schedule to this Constitution.
181. (1) The Commission may by regulation or otherwise
regulate its own procedure and, with the consent of the Prime Minister,
may confer powers or impose duties on any police officer or any prison
officer as the case may be or on any authority of the Government for the
purpose of the exercise of its functions.
(2) The Commission may, subject to its rules of
procedure, and subject to subsection (3) of this section, act
notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership or the absence of any
member and its proceedings shall not be invalidated by the presence or
participation of any person not entitled to be present at or to participate in
those proceedings:
Provided that when the Commission is hearing
and determining matters regarding police officers the member appointed
pursuant to section 176 (1) (b) (i) of this Constitution shall sit, but
the member appointed pursuant to section 176 (1) (b) (ii) shall not sit;
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Procedure.
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