Section 139, REPEALED THE CONSTITUTION OF SIERRA LEONE 1978-12

(1) Power to appoint persons to hold or act in any of the offices to which this Section applies (including powerto 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 Vice- Presidents. (2) The office to which this Section applies are the offices of the Secretaries to the President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary to the Cabinet, Financial Secretary, Secretary to the Foreign Minister, Establishment Secretary, Development Secretary, and Director of Public Prosecutions, Solicitor-General, Administrator and Registrar-General. (3) No person shall be appointed to any of the offices to which this Section applies or continue in any such office unless he is a member of the Recognised Party. (4) Subject to the provisions of Section 136 of this Constitution where any person has been removed under subsection (1) from any office specified in subsection (2) of this Section 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 benefits 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. Prohibition of Private