Section 231: Functions of Prisons and Correctional Service Commission

(1) The Prisons and Correctional Service Commission has the following functions—

    (a) to employ qualified and competent persons to hold posts or ranks in the Prisons and

Correctional Service;

    (b) to fix and regulate conditions of service, including salaries, allowances and other

benefits, of members of the Prisons and Correctional Service;

    (c) to ensure the general well-being and good administration of the Prisons and

Correctional Service and its maintenance in a high state of efficiency;

This should be read as a reference to the Public Service Commission.

    (d) to ensure that members of the Prisons and Correctional Service comply with section

208;

    (e) to foster harmony and understanding between the Prisons and Correctional Service and

civilians;

    (f) to advise the President and the Minister on any matter relating to the Prisons and

Correctional Service; and

    (g) to exercise any other function conferred or imposed on the Commission by this

Constitution or an Act of Parliament.

(2) The Prisons and Correctional Service Commission, with the approval of the Minister responsible for the Prisons and Correctional Service, may make regulations for any of the purposes set out in subsection (1).

(3) In fixing the salaries, allowances and other benefits of members of the Prisons and Correctional Service, the Prisons and Correctional Service Commission must act with the approval of the President given on the recommendation of the Minister responsible for finance and after consultation with the Minister responsible for the Prisons and Correctional Service.

CHAPTER 12

INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONS SUPPORTING D EMOCRACY

PART 1

GENERAL