Section 4: Section 11 of principal Act amended
This section is inserted by Act No 15 of 2017, section 2A.
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4. Section 11 of principal Act amended
Section 11 of the principal Act is amended –
(a) by renumbering the existing provision as subsection (1);
(b) in the newly numbered subsection (1), by inserting, after
paragraph (e), the following new paragraph, the word “or” at
the end of paragraph (e) being deleted –
(ea) where, subject to subsection (2), the
employee has a criminal record which is
irrelevant to the nature of the promotional
post for which the employee is being
considered; or
(c) by adding the following new subsection –
(2) The burden of establishing the relevance of the
criminal record to the promotional post shall rest with the
employer.
Passed by the National Assembly on the twenty first day of November
two thousand and seventeen.
Bibi Safeena Lotun (Mrs)
Clerk of the National Assembly
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By Authority: Government PrintinG DePArtment, LA tour KoeniG 110/11/17 – 1111
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Questions this section answers
- Can I be refused a promotion because of a criminal record unrelated to the post?
- Who has to prove my criminal record is relevant to a promotion I applied for?