139. Principal Secretaries and Government Secretary
(1) The power to appoint a person to hold or act in any
office to which this section applies shall vest in the
Prime Minister, acting after consultation with the
Public Service Commission:
Provided that the power to appoint a person to hold or
act in any such office upon transfer from another such
office carrying the same emoluments shall vest in the
Prime Minister.
(2) The offices to which this section applies are the
office of any Principal Secretary and the office of the
Government Secretary.
140. Attorney-General
(1) The power to appoint a person to hold or act in the
office of Attorney-General shall vest in the King,
acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime
Minister.
(2) (a) A person shall not be qualified to be appointed
to hold or act in the office of Attorney-General unless
he holds one of the specified qualifications and has
held one or other of those qualifications for a total
period of not less than five years.
(b) In this subsection “the specified qualifications”
means the professional qualifications specified by the
Legal Practitioners Act 1983 or by or under any law
amending or replacing that Act, one of which must be
held by any person before he may apply under that Act,
or under any such law, to be admitted as a legal
practitioner in Lesotho.
(3) If the office of Attorney-General is vacant or if
the Attorney-General is for any reason unable to