87 (a) the King shall appoint a tribunal consisting of a chairman (selected by the Chief Justice from persons who hold or have held or qualify to hold high judicial office) and two other persons recommended by the line Minister; and (b) the tribunal shall enquire into the matter and report on the facts to the King and recommend whether the member ought to be removed under subsection (4). Functions and powers of service commissions 176. (1) The functions of a service commission shall include appointments (including promotions and transfers) and selection of candidates for appointment, confirmation of appointments, termination of appointments, disciplinary control and removal from office of officers within the public service or any sector of the public service. (2) – For the performance of its functions, a service commission may, among other things (a) inspect Government offices; (b) examine official documents, books or other records; (c) obtain information and advice from any public officer or other Government servant; and (d) do all such things, including the taking of evidence on oath and the administration of oaths, as are incidental or conducive to the exercise of the functions of that service commission. (3) A service commission may require any public officer or other Government employee whose evidence appears to be material to the determination of any enquiry or investigation conducted by that service commission, to attend at such time and place as may be specified by the service commission, to give evidence or produce any official document, book or other record in the possession or control of that person which relates to a matter in question at any inquiry or investigation. (4) A service commission may, in consultation with the line Minister, make regulations for the better carrying out of its functions. Protection of members 177. Every member of a service commission shall have such and like protection and privilege in the case of any action or suit brought against that member for any act done or omitted to be done in the honest execution of the duties of that member as is by law given to acts done or words spoken by a judge of the High Court in the exercise of the judicial office. Independence of a service commission 178. In the performance of its functions under this Constitution, a service commission shall be independent of and not subject to any Ministerial or political influence and this independence shall be an aspect of the exercise of any delegated powers or functions of the Civil Service Commission or any other service commission or similar body. Privilege of communication 179. A person shall not in any legal proceedings be permitted or compelled to produce or disclose any communication, written or oral, which has taken place between a service commission or any 87