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Provided that any law enacted by Parliament, to the extent
to which it alters the prescribed age after a person has been appointed to
hold or to act in the office of Attorney-General, shall not have effect in
relation to that person unless he consents that it should have effect.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Constitution, when there is a change in Government or when a new
Prime Minister is appointed, the Attorney-General shall put his
appointment as Attorney-General at the disposal of the Prime
Minister; and in any event without suffering any loss of his benefits
as a public officer with security of tenure.
Tribunal
procedure for
removal and
suspension.
217. (1) When the office of Attorney-General is a public office,
a
person holding the office of Attorney-General may be removed from
office only for inability to exercise the functions of his office (whether
arising from infirmity of body or mind or any other cause), or for
misbehaviour, and shall not be so removed from office except in
accordance with the provisions of this section.
(2) Subject to subsection (1) of this section, the Attorney-
General shall be removed from office by the President if the question of
his removal from office has been referred to a tribunal appointed under
subsection (3) of this section, and the tribunal has recommended to the
President that the Attorney-General ought to be removed from office for
inability as aforesaid, or for misbehaviour.
(3) If the Prime Minister or the Chairman of the Judicial and
Legal Services Commission represents to the President that the
question of removing the Attorney-General from office under this
section ought to be investigated, then –
(a)
the President shall appoint a tribunal which
shall consist of a chairman and not less than
two other members selected by the Chief
Justice from among persons who hold or have
held office as a judge of a court having
unlimited jurisdiction in civil and criminal
matters in some part of the Commonwealth, or
a
court having jurisdiction in appeals from
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