(5)
(a)
where the President, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime
Minister, so directs;
(b)
where the Prime Minister resigns from office within 3 days after the passage
by the Assembly of a resolution of no confidence in the Government or is
removed from office under section 60(1) or (2);
(c)
upon the appointment of a person to the office of Prime Minister;
(d)
where the holder of the office ceases to be a member of the Assembly
otherwise than by reason of a dissolution of Parliament; or
(e)
where at the first sitting of the Assembly after any election, the holder of the
office is not a member of the Assembly.
Where for any period a Junior Minister is unable by reason of section 36(l) to
perform his functions as a Member of the Assembly, he shall not during that period
perform any of his functions as a junior Minister.
Amended by [Act No. 3 of 1996]
67.
Oaths to be taken by Ministers and junior Ministers
A Minister or a junior Minister shall not enter upon the duties of his office unless he has
taken and subscribed the oath of allegiance and such oath for the due execution of his
office as is prescribed by the Third Schedule.
Amended by [Act No. 2 of 1982]; [Act No. 3 of 1996]
68.
Direction of Government departments
Where any Minister has been charged with responsibility for the administration of any
department of Government, he shall exercise general direction and control over that
department and, subject to such direction and control, any department in the charge of a
Minister (including the office of the Prime Minister or any other Minister) shall be under the
supervision of a Permanent Secretary or of some other supervising officer whose office
shall be a public office:
Provided that -
69.
(a)
any such department may be under the joint supervision of 2 or more supervising
officers; and,
(b)
different parts of any such department may respectively be under the supervision of
different supervising officers.
Attorney-General
(1)
There shall be an Attorney-General who shall be principal legal adviser to the
Government of Mauritius.