Section 16, The West African Institute for Oil Palm Research Ordinance, 1951

(1) (a) Every servant of the Institute or of the Committee, who isin receipt of an annual salary of not less than eighty four pounds, shall be subject to the authority of the Director or of the Committee, as the case may be, and to the provisions of the Colonial Regulations and, unless otherwise West African Institute for Oil Palm Research [Cap. 187 specified by the Director or the Committee, to the General Orders of the Government of Nigeria. (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 the Committee who is in receipt of an annual salary of less than eighty-four pounds or is paid a 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.