Section 154: Clerk of Parliament and other staff

(1) The Committee on Standing Rules and Orders, with the approval of the National Assembly, must appoint an officer to be known as the Clerk of Parliament to be responsible, subject to Standing Orders and to the control and supervision of the Speaker, for the day-to-day administration of Parliament.

(2) The Clerk of Parliament is appointed for a six-year term, and may be re-appointed for one further such term.

(3) The Clerk of Parliament must vacate his or her office—

    (a) if, on the recommendation of the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders, more than

half of all the Members of the National Assembly resolve that the Clerk should be

removed;

    (b) if the Clerk would be required to vacate his or her seat were he or she a Member of

Parliament; or

    (c) in any event, after holding office as Clerk for twelve years.

(4) The Committee on Standing Rules and Orders must appoint such other staff of Parliament as it considers necessary.

(5) The Clerk of Parliament and the other staff of Parliament⎯

    (a) are appointed on terms of service approved from time to time by the Committee on

Standing Rules and Orders; and

    (b) are public officers but do not form part of the Public Service.

[Paragraph amended by s. 25 of Act No. 2 of 2021]

CHAPTER 7

ELECTIONS

PART 1

ELECTORAL SYSTEMS AND P ROCESSES