Section 156: Police Council.

(1) There shall be established a Police Council which shall consist of— a. the Vice-President who shall be Chairman; b. the Minister of Internal Affairs; c. the Inspector-General of Police; d. the Deputy Inspector-General of Police; e. the Chairman of the Public Service Commission; f. a member of the Sierra Leone Bar Association who shall be a legal practitioner of not less than ten years standing as a practicing Barrister, and shall be nominated by that body and appointed by the President; g. two other members appointed by the President, subject to the approval of Parliament. (2) Every member of the Police Council shall take and subscribe the oath as set out in the Third Schedule to this (3) The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry responsible for matters relating to the Police shall be Secretary to the Council. Appointments in the Police Force 157. (1) The Inspector-General shall be appointed by the President acting on the advice of the Police Council, subject to the approval of Parliament. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the power to appoint persons to hold or act in an office in the Police Force from the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police and above, excluding the Inspector-General of Police, (including the power to make appointments on promotion and to confirm appointments), and to dismiss, reduce in rank and to exercise disciplinary control over persons holding or acting in such offices shall vest in the Police Council. (3) The power to appoint persons to hold or act in any office in the Police Force below the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police, (including the power to make appointments on promotion and to confirm appointments), and to dismiss, reduce in rank and to exercise disciplinary control over persons holding or acting in such offices shall vest in the Police Council acting on the recommendation of the Inspector-General of Police. (4) Subject to the provisions of this section and to the control and direction of the Police Council, the Inspector- General of Police shall be responsible for the operational control and administration of the Police Force. Functions of the Police Council 158. (1) The Police Council shall advise the President on all major matters of policy relating to internal security, including the role of the Police Force, Police budgeting and finance, administration and any other matter as the President shall require. (2) The Police Council may, with the prior approval of the President, make regulations for the performance of its functions under this Constitution or any other law, and for the effective and efficient administration of the Police Force. (3) Regulations made pursuant to the provisions of subsection (2) shall include regulations in respect of— a. the control and administration of the Police Force of Sierra Leone; b. the ranks of officers and men of each unit of the Police Force, the members in each such rank and the use of uniforms by such members; c. the conditions of service, including those relating to enrolment and to pay, pensions, gratuities and other allowances of officers and men of each unit and deductions therefrom; d. the authority and powers of command of officers and men of the Police Force; and e. the delegation to other persons of powers of commanding officers to discipline accused persons, and the conditions subject to which such delegation may be made. P ART III — RESIGNATIONS, RE-APPOINTMENTS AND PROTECTION OF PENSION RIGHTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS HOLDING ESTABLISHED OFFICES Resignation and effect of new appointment of a person holding an established office.