Section 16, The West Mrican Cocoa Research Institute (Sierra Leone Status) Ordinance

(1) (a) Every servant of the Institute or of the Committee, who is inreceipt of an annual salary of not less than forty-eight pounds, shall be subject West African Cocoa Research Institute [Cap. 186 to the authority of the Director or of the Committee, as the case may be, and to the provisions of the Colonial Regulations and the General Orders of the Government of the Gold Coast. (b) For the purpose of discipline, the provisions of the Colonial Regulations shall apply to every such servant when invoked by the Governor at the request of the Secretary of State or a servant may be dealt with disciplinarily in such other manner as the Secretary of State, either specifically or generally, may determine or, in the case of a minor offence by a servant, he may be dealt with disciplinarily by the Director, if a servant of the Institute, or by the Committee, if a servant of the Committee, in such manner as the Director or the Committee, as the case may be, may either generally or specifically determine. (2) Every servant of the Institute or of the Committee who is in receipt of an annual salary of less than forty-eight pounds or is paid salary other than an annual salary, shall be subject to the authority of the Director or the Committee, as the case may be, and for the purpose of discipline, including dismissal, to such directions as the Director or the Committee, as the case may be, may either generally or specifically issue.