SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES (SPECIFIED OFFICERS) ACT.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
Section
2. Amendment of First Schedule.
3. Salaries and allowances of specified officers.
5. Gratuity payable to certain specified officers.
6. Protection of accrued rights.
First Schedule Specified officers.
Second Schedule Salary, allowances and benefits for specified officers.
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SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES (SPECIFIED OFFICERS) ACT.
Commencement: 1 July, 1998; 1 October, 1999.
An Act to provide in pursuance of article 158 of the Constitution for the salaries and allowances to be paid to the holders of certain offices, the salaries and allowances attached to which are charged on the Consolidated Fund, and for related matters.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
(a) "commission" includes the National Citizenship and Immigration Board established by article 16 of the Constitution;
(b) "specified officers" means the officers specified in the First Schedule to this Act.
2. Amendment of First Schedule.
(1) Parliament may by resolution amend the First Schedule to this Act.
(2) A resolution passed under this section shall, as soon as possible, be published in the Gazette.
3. Salaries and allowances of specified officers.
(1) Specified officers shall be paid such salaries and allowances and afforded such benefits as are prescribed respectively in relation to their offices in the Second Schedule to this Act.
(2) Parliament may, by resolution, amend the Second Schedule to this Act.
(3) A resolution passed under subsection (2) shall, as soon as possible, be published in the Gazette.
(4) Subject to article 158 of the Constitution, a resolution under this section may be given retrospective effect.
(5) For the purposes of this Act, the salaries and allowances of the chairperson and members of a commission and the Inspector General of Police, the Deputy Inspector General of Police, the Commissioner of Prisons and the Deputy Commissioner of Prisons mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund.
(6) For the avoidance of doubt, the cost of any benefits afforded to specified officers under the Second Schedule to this Act shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund.
The Minister responsible for public service may, by statutory instrument, make regulations
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