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Oaths.
Second
Schedule.
230. An Auditor General shall not enter upon the duties of his
office unless he has taken and subscribed the oath of allegiance and of
office as set out in the Second Schedule.
231. In the exercise of his functions under subsections (1), (2),
(3) and (4) of section 228 of this Constitution, the Auditor General shall
not be subject to the direction or control of any other person or authority.
232. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 233 of this
Constitution, the Auditor General shall vacate his office when he attains
the prescribed age.
(2) The prescribed age for the purposes of subsection (1)
of this section is the age of fifty-five years or such other age as may be
prescribed by Parliament:
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 Auditor General, shall not have effect in
relation to that person unless he consents that it should have effect.
Not
subject to
direction
or
control.
Vacating
office.
Tribunal
procedure for
removal and
suspension.
233. (1) A person holding the office of Auditor 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 except in
accordance with the provisions of this section.
(2) The Auditor 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 he ought to be removed
from office for inability as aforesaid or for misbehaviour.
(3) If the Prime Minister or the Chairman of the Public
Service Commission represents to the President that the question of
removing the Auditor General from office under this section ought to be
investigated, then-
(a) the President shall appoint a tribunal which
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