Constitution of Lesotho, 1993
Remuneration of certain officers
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- Jurisdiction
- Lesotho
- Provision
- 115
- Source language
- English
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- in force
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Official source115. Remuneration of certain officers
(1) There shall be paid to the holders of the offices to which this section applies such
salary and such allowances as may be prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament.
(2) The salaries and allowances prescribed in pursuance of this section in respect of the
holders of the offices to which this section applies shall be a charge on the Consolidated
Fund.
(3) The salary prescribed in pursuance of this section in respect of the holder of any office
to which this section applies and his other terms of service (other than allowances that
are not taken into account in computing, under any law in that behalf, any pension
payable in respect of his service in that office) shall not be altered to his disadvantage
after his appointment.
(4) When a person's salary or other terms of service 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 offices of the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the
National Assembly, a judge of the Court of Appeal, a judge of the High Court, a member
of the Constituency Delimitation Commission, a member of the Public Service
Commission, an appointed member of the Judicial Service Commission, the Chief
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Commission, an appointed member of the Judicial Service Commission, the Chief
Electoral Officer, the Attorney-General, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Auditor-
General and the Ombudsman.
(6) Nothing in this section shall be construed as prejudicing the provisions of section 150
of this Constitution (which protects pensions rights in respect of service as a public
officer).
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