(2)
All departments, authorities and other public bodies
which are subject to investigation by the
Ombudsman shall accord such assistance as he or
she may require for the protection of the
independence, dignity and effectiveness of the
Ombudsman in the performance of his or her
functions.
CHAPTER XI
THE PUBLIC SERVICE
The Public Service 166.
(1)
Subject an Act of the National Assembly, the Public
Service of The Gambia shall comprise the civic
service as established immediately before this
Constitution comes into force and the offices
declared elsewhere in this constitution to be offices
in the public Service.
(2)
Subject to this Constitution, acts of the National
Assembly may provide for the establishment and
regulation of separate public services of The
Gambia (which may include common services for
the staff of local government authorities or the staff
of Public Enterprises). Any such Act shall include
provision for(a)
(b)
the appointment or election of a competent
authority for the administration of the
particular public service;
the functions and membership of the service,
and may provide for an appointing authority
other than the Public Service Commission
for the service. Any such particular public
service shall form part of the public service
of The Gambia.
(3)
For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared
that an office in the public service includes the
office of judge of a superior court, and of any other
court that emoluments of which are payable out of
any public fund of The Gambia, and the office of a
principal representative of The Gambia abroad.
(4)
In this Constitution, an office in the public service
does not include(a)
the offices of President, Vice President,
Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the National