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(f) Ambassador or High Commissioner;
(g) Secretary to the Cabinet;
(h) Head of Ministry or government department or equivalent office in the Civil Service;
(i) chairman, managing director, general manager and departmental head of a public corporation or
company in which the State has a controlling interest; and
(j) such officers in the public service and any other public institution as Parliament may prescribe.
(6)
The Auditor-General shall make a written declaration of his assets and liabilities to the President in
the manner and subject to the conditions provided in clauses (1) to (3) of this article.
(7)
Before entering upon the duties of his office, a person appointed to an office to which the provisions
of this article apply, shall take and subscribe the oath of allegiance, the oath of secrecy and the official
oath set out in the Second Schedule to this Constitution, or any other oath appropriate to his office.
287 COMPLAINTS OF CONTRAVENTION
(1)
An allegation that a public officer has contravened or has not complied with a provision of this
Chapter shall be made to the Commissioner for Human Rights and Administrative Justice and, in the
case of the Commissioner of Human Rights and Administrative Justice, to the Chief Justice who shall,
unless the person concerned makes a written admission of the contravention or non-compliance,
cause the matter to be investigated.
(2)
The Commissioner for Human Rights and Administrative Justice or the Chief Justice as the case may
be, may take such action as he considers appropriate in respect of the results of the investigation or
the admission.
288 INTERPRETATION
In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, "public officer" means a person who holds a
public office.
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