perform the functions of their respective offices until the election of the new President and the Vice-President.
Establishment of
Cabinet.
59. (1) There shall be a Cabinet whose functions shall be to advise the President in the government of Sierra Leone
and which shall consist of the President, the Vice-President and such Ministers as the President may from time to
time appoint.
(2) A person appointed as a Member of Cabinet shall vacate his seat in the Cabinet is he ceases to be a Minister or if
the President so directs.
(3) The Cabinet shall determine the general policy of the Government.
(4) The President shall hold regular meetings of the Cabinet at which he shall preside, and in his absence the VicePresident shall preside.
Collective
responsibility.
60. (1) The Cabinet shall be collectively responsible to Parliament for any advice given to the President by or under
the general authority of the Cabinet and for all things done by or under the authority of any Minister in the execution
of his office.
(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply in relation to—
a.
b.
c.
the appointment and removal from office of Ministers and Deputy Ministers, or the assignment of
responsibility to any Minister; or
the exercise of the prerogative of mercy; or
the exercise by the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice or the Director of Public Prosecutions of the
powers conferred upon them under section 66.
Constitution of offices.
61. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution and of any Act of Parliament, the President may constitute offices
for Sierra Leone, make appointments to any such office and terminate any such appointment.
Administration of
Ministries.
62. Where any Minister has been charged with responsibility for any department of Government, he shall exercise
general direction and control over that department and, subject to such direction and control, the department shall be
under the supervision of a Permanent Secretary, whose office shall be a public office:
Provided that two or more Departments of Government may be placed under the supervision of one Permanent
Secretary.
Prerogative of Mercy.
63. (1) The President may, acting in accordance with the advice of a Committee appointed by the Cabinet over which
the Vice-President shall preside—
a.
b.
c.
d.
grant any person convicted of any offence against the laws of Sierra Leone a pardon, either free or subject to
lawful conditions;
grant to any person a respite, either indefinite or for a specified period, of the execution of any punishment
imposed on that person for such an offence;
substitute a less severe form of punishment for any punishment imposed on any person for such an offence;
remit the whole or any part of any punishment imposed upon any person for such an offence or any penalty
or forfeiture otherwise due to the Government on account of such an offence.
(2) Where any person has been sentenced to death by any Court for any offence, the Committee appointed under
subsection (1) shall cause a written report of the case from the trial judge together with such other information,
including a medical report on the prisoner, derived from the record of the case or elsewhere, as the Committee may
require, to be submitted to it as soon as possible.
Establishment of office
64. (1) There shall be an Attorney-General and Minister of Justice who shall be the principal legal adviser to the
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