Right of Commis- sioner to 1.nder
advice.
Pincedings of Com
sions.
under subsection (2nc) of this section other than the power of removal : but an appeal from any award of punishment by such an officer shall lie to the Commissioner.
(4) The Legislature may by law provide that an appeal shall lie to the Governor from a decision of the Commissioner of Police to remove or exercise disciplinary control over persons holding or acting in offices in the Police Force in such cases as may be prescribed by such law, and in determining any such appeal the Governor shall act on the recommendation of the Police Service Commission.
108.--(1) The Police Service Commission shall permit the Commis- sioner of Police to express his views in its presence on any matter that is before the Commission for its consideration. except when the matter is an appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of Police:
Provided that the Commission may, if it sees fit. invite the Commis- sioner of Police to appear before it in relation to any such appeal.
(2) Nothing in this Part of this Constitution shall affect or be con- strued as affecting any right of the Commissioner of Police to tender his own advice to the Governor on any question.
General
109. (1) No business shall be transacted at any meeting of a Commission to which this section applies unless a quorum of that Commission is present; and for the purposes of this subsection-
(a) a quorum of the Public Service Commission shall consist of two members at any time when there are not more than three members of the Commission holding office by virtue of appoint- ments made under section 97(1) of this Constitution and shall consist of three members at any other time :
(b) a quorum of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission shall consist of three members. of whom one shall be the Chairman of the Commission;
(c) a quorum of the Police Service Commission shall consist of two
members.
(2) Any question proposed for decision at any meeting of a Com- mission to which this section applies shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting, and if on any such question the votes are equally divided the member presiding shall have and exercise a casting vote.
(3) Subject to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, a Commission to which this section applies may act notwithstanding a vacancy in its membership; and no proceedings of such a Commission shall be invalidated by reason only that some person not entitled to do so has taken part in them.
5.1. ls 55 1470 (4) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Governor, after
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consultation with the Prime Minister and a Commission to which this 454311.70 section applies, may by regulations provide for any of the following 5.1 he 2 of 1971
matters, that is to say:
(a) the appointment, tenure of office and terms of service of staff to assist the Commission in the performance of its functions;
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