Section 7: Subject to this Act and the Tertiary Education Commission

Act 2001, the Council shall have the following powers and shall perform the following functions- (a) administer and manage the finances, accounts, investments, endowment funds and property of the Academy, including properties which are held in trust on behalf of the Academy by the Academic Board and all the business affairs of the Academy; (b) invest monies belonging to the Academy or held in trust by the Academic Board as it shall from time to time think fit; (c) borrow money from time to time on behalf of the Academy for any approved p u r p o s e and provide such security as may be necessary; The Vice- Principal. The Council. Functions and powers of the Council. No. 7 Sierra Leone Peace Keeping and Law Enforcement Academy Act 2017 No. 7 Sierra Leone Peace Keeping and Law Enforcement Academy Act 2017 (d) enter into, vary, carry out or cancel contracts on behalf of the Academy; (e) give guarantees for the payment of any sum of money on the performance of any contract or obligation by any company, body, society or person if the Council thinks it is in the interest of the Academy to do so; (f) provide and maintain the buildings, premises, libraries, laboratories, museums, ga r den s, furniture, apparatus and other facilities required for the discharge of the functions of the Academy alone or in cooperation with the Board of Trustees of the Academy; (g) authorise the establishment, suspension and abolishment of all posts other than those created by this Act and appoint persons to the posts; and (h) establish salary scales for all persons employed by the Academy, enter into contracts and determine the terms and conditions of service of staff of the Academy.