Section 154, The Constitution of Sierra Leone, 1991

(1) The power to appoint persons to hold or act in any of the offices to which this section applies (including thepower to make appointments on promotion and transfer from one office to another and to confirm appointments) and to remove persons so appointed from any such office shall vest in the President acting in consultation with the Public Service Commission. (2) The offices to which this section applies are the offices of Secretary to the Cabinet, Secretary to the Vice- President, Financial Secretary, Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Establishment Secretary, Development Secretary, Provincial Secretary and Permanent Secretary. (3) Where any person holding an office mentioned in subsection (2) accepts another such office carrying higher remuneration, he shall, unless a contrary intention appears from the terms of his appointment, be deemed to have relinquished the office he was originally holding; where the second office does not carry higher remuneration, the question whether or not he shall be deemed to have relinquished the original office shall depend on the terms of his second appointment. (4) Subject to the provisions of section 152 of this Constitution, where any person has been removed under subsection (1) from any office specified in subsection (2) he may notwithstanding such removal— a. remain in the Public Service; b. continue to receive a salary not less than the salary he received before such removal; and c. continue to be eligible for any benefit granted to him in respect of his service as a public officer, including benefits payable under any law providing for the grant of pensions, gratuities or both; unless by such removal he ceases to be a member of the Public Service. P ART II — THE POLICE FORCE Establishment of the Sierra Leone Police Force.