(2)
The office of Attorney-General shall be the office of a Minister.
(3)
No person shall be qualified to hold the office of Attorney-General unless he is
entitled to practise as a barrister in Mauritius, and, no person who is not a member
of the Assembly shall be qualified to hold the office it he is for any cause
disqualified from membership of the Assembly:
Provided that a person may hold the office of Attorney-General notwithstanding that
he holds or is acting in a public office (not being the office of Director of Public
Prosecutions).
(4)
Where the person holding the office of Attorney-General is not a member of the
Assembly, he shall be entitled to take part in the proceedings of the Assembly, and
this Constitution and any other law shall apply to him as if he were a member of the
Assembly:
Provided that he shall not be entitled to vote in the Assembly.
(5)
Where the person holding the office of Attorney-General is for any reason unable to
exercise the functions conferred upon him by or under any law, those functions may
be exercised by such other person, being a person entitled to practise as a barrister
in Mauritius (whether or not he is a member of the Assembly), as the President,
acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, may direct.
Amended by [Act No. 48 of 1991]
70.
71.
Secretary to the Cabinet
(1)
There shall be a Secretary to the Cabinet whose office shall be a public office.
(2)
The Secretary to the Cabinet shall be responsible, in accordance with such
instructions as may be given to him by the Prime Minister, for arranging the
business for, and keeping the minutes of, the Cabinet or an of its committees and
for conveying the decisions of the Cabinet or any of its committees to the
appropriate person or authority, and shall have such other functions as the Prime
Minister may direct.
Commissioner of Police
(1)
There shall be a Commissioner of Police whose office shall be a public office.
(2)
The Police Force shall be under the command of the Commissioner of Police.
(3)
The Prime Minister, or such other Minister as may be authorised in that behalf by
the Prime Minister, may give to the Commissioner of Police such general directions
of policy with respect to the maintenance of public safety and public order as he
may consider necessary and the Commissioner shall comply with such directions or
cause them to be complied with.
(4)
Nothing in this section shall be construed as precluding the