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Article 158 1. There shall be an Auditor-General who shall be appointed by the President from candidates proposed by the Constitutional Appointments Authority. 2. A person shall not be appointed Auditor-General unless the person has not less than seven years experience as a qualified accountant. 3. The accounts of the cabinet office, the National Assembly, all government departments and offices, all courts and those related to moneys withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund, all the accounts of any statutory corporation or such other body as may be specified by or under an Act shall be audited and reported on by the Auditor-General to the National Assembly and for that purpose the Auditor-General or any person authorised or appointed in that behalf by the Auditor-General shall have access to all books, records, returns, information and other documents relating or relevant to those accounts. 4. The public accounts of Seychelles and of all other persons or bodies referred to in clause (3) shall be kept in such form as the Auditor-General shall approve. 5. The Auditor-General shall, within twelve months of the end of the immediately preceding financial year, submit the report referred to in clause (3) to the National Assembly and shall in that report draw attention to irregularities in the accounts audited and to any other matter which in the opinion of the Auditor-General ought to be brought to the notice of the Assembly. 6. The Finance and Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly shall consider the report of the Auditor General and, for that purpose, may summon before the Committee any person who, in the opinion of the Committee, may assist the Committee in its consideration of the report. 7. The Auditor-General shall, in the performance of the functions of the office of Auditor-General, not be subject to the direction or control of any other person or authority, but the President or the National Assembly may request the Auditor General in the public interest, to audit at any particular time, the accounts of any persons or bodies referred to in clause (3). 8. The Auditor-General shall be appointed for a term of seven years but is eligible for reappointment at the end of a term of office. 9. The salary, allowances, gratuity or pension payable to the Auditor-General shall be provided for by or under an Act and shall be a charge on the Consolidated Fund. 10. The Act referred to in clause (9) may provide for other conditions of service of the Auditor-General. 11. Subject to Article. 165, the term and other conditions of service of the Auditor- General shall not be altered to the disadvantage of the Auditor-General after appointment. THE POLICE FORCE