Section 108: Remuneration of certain officers

108. Remuneration of certain officers (1) There shall be paid to the holders of the offices to which this section applies such salaries and such allowances as may be prescribed. (2) The salaries and any allowances payable to the holders of the offices to which this section applies shall be a charge on the Consolidated Fund. (3) Any alteration to the salary payable to any person holding any office to which this section applies or to his terms of office, other than allowances, that is to his disadvantage shall not have effect in relation to that person after his appointment unless he consents to its having effect. (4) Where a person’s salary or terms of office depend upon his option, the salary or terms for which he opts shall, for the purposes of subsection (3), be deemed to be more advantageous to him than any others for which he might have opted. (5) This section applies to the office of President, Chairperson or other members of the Electoral Boundaries Commission or of the Electoral Supervisory Commission, Electoral Commissioner, Director of Public Prosecutions, Chief Justice, Senior Puisne Judge, Puisne Judge, appointed member of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission, Chairperson or other member of the Public Service Commission, appointed member of the Disciplined Forces Service Commission, Commissioner of Police, Ombudsman or Director of Audit. [S. 108 amended by Act 48 of 1991; Act 5 of 1997; Act 31 of 2000; s. 5 of Act 33 of 2001 w.e.f. 24 December 2001.]