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Part 2
Appointments, etc., to offices in the Public Service
Appointments,
etc., to public
offices in
general.
169. The power to appoint persons to hold or act in offices in the
Public Service (including the power to make appointments on promotion
and transfer and to confirm appointments), and, subject to the provisions of
section 208 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 Service Commission.
170. The Public Service Commission may, by directions in
writing and subject to such conditions as it thinks fit, delegate any of
its powers under section 169 of this Constitution to any one or more
members of the Commission or, with the consent of the Prime Minister, to
any public officer.
171. The provisions of sections 169 and 170 shall not apply in
relation to the following offices, that is to say -
(a) any office to which section 173 of this
Constitution applies;
(b) the office of Attorney-General;
(c) the office of
Prosecutions;
Director
of
Public
Delegation.
Exceptions.
(d) the office of Auditor General;
(e) the office of Magistrate;
(f) any office to which section 174 of this
Constitution applies;
(g) any office in the Police Service;
(h) any office in the Prison Service; or
(i) any office in the Teaching Service.
Concurrence
and
consultation.
172. (1) No person shall be appointed under this section to hold or
to act in any office on the President’s personal staff except with the
concurrence of the President, acting in his own deliberate judgment.
(2) Before any of the powers conferred by sections 169
and 170 of this Constitution is exercised by the Public Service
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