Suspension and removal from office
17 Suspension and removal from office
The Governor in Council may suspend the Chief Crown Prosecutor from office.
If the Chief Crown Prosecutor is suspended from office the Attorney-General must cause a full statement of the ground or grounds of the suspension to be laid before each House of Parliament on or before the 7th sitting day of that House after the suspension.
The Governor in Council must remove the Chief Crown Prosecutor from office if each House of Parliament on or before the 7th sitting day of that House after the statement is laid before it passes a resolution declaring that the Chief Crown Prosecutor ought to be removed from office.
If both Houses of Parliament do not pass a resolution of the kind specified in subsection (3) within the time specified in that subsection, the Governor in Council must without delay remove the suspension and restore the Chief Crown Prosecutor to office.
The Chief Crown Prosecutor can only be removed from office in accordance with this section.
S. 18 (Heading) inserted by No. 23/2008 s. 21(1).
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