Section 143: Council.

(1) The Defence Council shall advise the President on all major matters of policy relating to defence and strategy including the role of the Armed Forces, military budgeting and finance, administration and the promotion of officers above the rank of Lieutenant or its equivalent. (2) The Defence Council may with the prior approval of the President, by constitutional instrument, make Regulations for the performance of its functions under this Constitution or any other law, and f or the effective and efficient administration of the Armed Forces. (3) Regulations made pursuant to the provisions of subsection (2) shall include regulations in respect of a) the control and administration of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force of Sierra Leone; b) the ranks of officers and men of each Armed Force, the members in each such rank and the use of uniforms by such men; c) the conditions of service, including those relating to the enrolment and to the pay, pensions, gratuities and other allowances of officers and men of each Armed Force and deductions therefrom; d) the authority and powers of command of officers and men of each Armed Force; and e) the delegation to other persons of powers of commanding officers to try accused persons, and the conditions subject to which such delegation may be made. Resignations and effect of new appointments on a person holding an established office.