(2)
The salaries and any allowances payable to the holders of the offices to which this
section applies shall be a charge on the Consolidated Fund.
(3)
Any alteration to the salary payable to any person holding any office to which this
section applies or to his terms of office, other than allowances, that is to his
disadvantage shall not have effect in relation to that person after his appointment
unless he consents to its having effect.
(4)
Where a person's salary or terms of office depend upon his option, the salary or
terms for which he opts shall, for the purposes of subsection (3), be deemed to be
more advantageous to him than any others for which he might have opted.
(5)
This section applies to the office of President, chairman or other members of the
Electoral Boundaries Commission or of the Electoral Supervisory Commission,
Electoral Commissioner, Director of Public Prosecutions, Chief Justice, Senior
Puisne Judge, Puisne Judge, appointed member of the Judicial and Legal Service
Commission, chairman or other member of the Public Service Commission,
appointed member of the Police Service Commission, Commissioner of Police,
Ombudsman or Director of Audit.
Amended by [Act No. 48 of 1991]; [Act No. 5 of 1997]; [Act No. 31 of 2000];
[Act No. 33 of 2001]
109.
110.
Public debt
(1)
All debt charges for which Mauritius is liable shall be a charge on the Consolidated
Fund.
(2)
For the purposes of this section, 'debt charges' includes interest, sinking fund
charges, the repayment or amortisation of debt, and all expenditure in connection
with the raising of loans on the security of the revenues of Mauritius or the
Consolidated Fund and the service and redemption of debt thereby created.
Director of Audit
(1)
There shall be a Director of Audit, whose office shall be a public office and who
shall be appointed by the Public Service Commission, acting after consultation with
the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition.
(2)
The public accounts of Mauritius and of all courts of law and all authorities and
officers of the Government shall be audited and reported on by the Director of Audit
and for that purpose the Director of Audit or any person authorised by him in that
behalf shall have access to all books, records, reports and other documents relating
to those accounts:
Provided that, if it is so prescribed in the case of any body corporate directly
established by law, the accounts of that body corporate shall be audited and
reported on by such person as may be prescribed.