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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