(2)
This section applies to the offices of (a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
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the President and the Vice-President ;
the Speaker
a judge of a superior court;
a member of the Independent
Commission;
the Auditor general;
the Ombudsman; and
the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Electoral
(1)
The public debt of The Gambia shall be a charge on the
Consolidated Fund and such other public fund as an Act of
the National Assembly may prescribe.
(2)
for the purposes of this section, the public debt includes
interest on the debt, sinking fund payments and redemption
money in respect of that debt, and all costs, charges and
expenses incidental to the management and repayment of
that debt.
PART 2: THE AUDITOR GENERAL AND THE
NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
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General
(1)
There shall be an Auditor-General whose office shall be an
office in the public service.
(2)
The Auditor-General shall be appointed by the President
after consultation with the Public Service Commission.
(3)
Before assuming the functions of his or her office the
Auditor General shall take and subscribe to the prescribed
oaths.
(4)
Subject to the other provisions of this section, a person
holding the office of Auditor-General shall vacate his or
her office when he or she attains the compulsory retirement
age, or upon the termination of his or her appointment by
the President.
(5)
A person holding the office of Auditor General may be
removed from office only for inability to perform the
functions of his or her office (whether from infirmity of
mind or body or from any other cause) or for misbehaviour
or incompetence.