Section 14:

14. (1) In selecting candidates for appointment or promotion within a Disciplined Force, the Commission shall have regard primarily to the efficiency of that Force. (2) As between serving members of a Disciplined Force, professional or technical qualifications, experience, merit and suitability for the office in question shall be given greater weight than seniority. (3) Where a post cannot be filled either— (a) by the appointment or promotion of a suitable person already in the Disciplined Force; or (b) by the appointment of a suitable person who has been specially trained for the Disciplined Force, wholly or partly at public expense, the Commission shall call for applications for the post by advertisement unless— (i) for special reasons, in its discretion, it decides not to do so; and (ii) where it is satisfied that no suitable candidates with the requisite qualifications are available in Mauritius, it decides that the recruitment be undertaken by some agency outside Mauritius and arranges for such recruitment to be carried out. [Issue 1] CON – 122 Revised Laws of Mauritius