Government Gazette 7 May 2010	
Act No. 7, 2010	

No. 4480

NAMIBIAN CONSTITUTION SECOND AMENDMENT ACT, 2010

appointments to the police force, to cause charges of indiscipline among
members of the police force to be investigated and prosecuted and to ensure
the efficient administration of the police force.
Article 120	

Removal of the Inspector-General of Police

The President may remove the Inspector-General of Police from office for good
cause and in the public interest in accordance with the provisions of any Act of
Parliament which may prescribe procedures considered to be expedient for this
purpose.
Article 121	

Establishment of the Correctional Service

There shall be established by Act of Parliament a Namibian correctional service
with prescribed powers, duties and procedures.
Article 122	

Commissioner-General of Correctional Service

(1)	

There shall be an Commissioner-General of Correctional Service who shall
be appointed by the President in terms of Article 32(4)(c)(cc) hereof.

(2)	

The Commissioner-General of Correctional Service shall make provision for
a balanced structuring of the correctional service and shall have the power
to make suitable appointments to the correctional service, to cause charges
of indiscipline among members of the correctional service to be investigated
and prosecuted and to ensure the efficient administration of the correctional
service.

Article 123	

Removal of the Commissioner-General of Correctional
Service

The President may remove the Commissioner-General of Correctional Service from
office for good cause and in the public interest in accordance with the provisions of
any Act of Parliament which may prescribe procedures considered to be expedient
for this purpose.”,
Substitution of Article 142 of Namibian Constitution
15.

The following Article is substituted for Article 142 of the Namibian Constitution:
“Article 142 	

Appointment of the First Chief of the Defence Force, the
First Inspector-General of Police and First CommissionerGeneral of [Prisons] Correctional ServiceT

The President shall, in consultation with the leaders of all political parties
represented in the National Assembly, appoint by Proclamation the first Chief of the
Defence Force, the first Inspector-General of Police and the first CommissionerGeneral of [Prisons] Correctional Service.”.

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