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(14)
The administrative expenses of the office of the Auditor-General including all salaries, allowances,
gratuities and pensions payable to or in respect of persons serving in the Audit Service shall be a
charge on the Consolidated Fund.
(15)
The accounts of the office of the Auditor-General shall be audited and reported upon by an auditor
appointed by Parliament.
(16)
A person appointed to be the Auditor-General of Ghana shall, before entering upon the duties of his
office, take and subscribe the Oath of the Auditor-General set out in the Second Schedule to this
Constitution.
Part IV The Audit Service
188 THE AUDIT SERVICE
There shall be an Audit Service which shall form part of the public services of Ghana.
189 THE AUDIT SERVICE BOARD
(1)
There shall be an Audit Service Board which shall consist of(a) a chairman and four other members appointed by the President, acting in consultation with the
Council of State;
(b) the Auditor-General; and
(c) the Head of the Civil Service or his representative.
(2)
The appointment of officers and other employees in the Audit Service, other than the
Auditor-General, shall be made by the Audit Service Board, acting in consultation with the Public
Services Commission.
(3)
The Audit Service Board shall, acting in consultation with the Public Services Commission
(a) determine the terms and conditions of service of officers and other employees in the Audit
Service; and
(b) by constitutional instrument, make regulations for the effective and efficient administration of
the Audit Service.
(4)
A member of the Audit Service Board, other than the Auditor-General or the Head of the Civil Service
or his representative, may be removed from office by the President acting in accordance with the
advice of the Council of State, for inability to perform the functions of his office arising from infirmity
of mind or body or for any other sufficient cause.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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