Provided that nothing in this subsection shall be construed as preventing –
(6)
(a)
the attachment, by order of a court, of any payment or part of any payment
to which a person is entitled in satisfaction of the judgment of a court or
pending the determination of civil proceedings to which he is a party to the
extent to which such attachment is permitted by the law with respect to
pensions benefits that applies in the case of that person; or
(b)
the imposition of reasonable restrictions as to the manner in which any
payment is to be remitted.
In this section, "pensions benefits' means any pensions, compensation, gratuities or
other like allowances for persons in respect of their service as public officers or for
the widows, children, dependents or personal representatives of such persons in
respect of such service.
Amended by [Act No. 5 of 1997]
CHAPTER IX - THE OMBUDSMAN
96.
Office of Ombudsman
(1)
There shall bear an ombudsman, whose office shall be a public
office.
(2)
The Ombudsman shall be appointed by the President, acting after
consultation with the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition and such other
persons, if any, as appear to the President, acting in his own deliberate judgment,
to be leaders of parties in the Assembly.
(3)
No person shall be qualified for appointment as Ombudsman if he is a member of,
or a candidate for election to, the Assembly or any local authority or is a local
government officer, and no person holding the office of Ombudsman shall perform
the functions of any other public office.
(4)
The offices of the staff of the Ombudsman shall, be public offices and shall consist
of that of a Senior Investigations Officer and such other offices as may be
prescribed by the President, acting after consultation with the Prime Minister.
Amended by [Act No. 48 of 1991]
97.
Investigations by Ombudsman
(1)
Subject to this section, the Ombudsman may investigate any action taken by any
officer or authority to which this section applies in the exercise of administrative
functions of that officer or authority, in any case in which a member of, the public
claims, or appears to the Ombudsman, to have sustained injustice in consequence
of maladministration in connection with the action so taken and in which (a)
a complaint under this section is made;