Office!
Resignation!
50!
Salary!and!
Benefits!
51!
!
!
Accountable!to!
People’s!Majlis!
53!
Employment,!
transfer!and!
dismissal!of!
employees!of!the!
Office!
54!
Financial!Matters!
55!
28!
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from!office,!if!found!that!he!carried!out!an!act!
unsuitable!to!the!position!of!Information!
Commissioner,!or!if!he!is!unable!to!discharge!the!
responsibilities!of!the!post!or!is!incompetent!to!
perform!the!responsibilities!of!the!post,!by!the!
relevant!Parliamentary!Committee!of!the!People’s!
Majlis,!and!upon!the!approval!of!such!finding!by!the!
People’s!Majlis!by!a!majority!of!those!present!and!
voting,!calling!for!the!Commissioner’s!removal!from!
office.!
!
If!the!Commissioner!wishes!to!resign!from!office,!he!
may!do!so!by!submitting!a!written!resignation!to!the!
President!of!the!Republic,!and!the!office!shall!be!
vacant!when!the!President!receives!the!resignation!
letter.!
!
(a)! The!salary!and!benefits!offered!to!the!
Information!Commissioner!shall!be!in!part!with!
that!offered!to!the!President!of!the!Human!
Rights!Commission.!
!
(b)! The!salary!and!other!allowances!provided!to!the!
employees!of!the!Office!of!the!Information!
Commissioner!shall!be!determined!by!the!
Commissioner!with!the!advice!of!the!Ministry!of!
Finance!and!Treasury.!
!
The!Information!Commissioner!shall!appear!before!
the!People’s!Majlis!or!any!of!its!relevant!committees!if!
required!to!do!so!at!any!time.!
And!the!Information!Commissioner!must!answer!the!
questions!put!before!him!by!the!Majlis!or!committees,!
to!the!best!of!his!knowledge.!
!
For!the!purpose!of!executing!the!powers!vested!in!the!
Information!Commissioner,!he!has!the!power!to!
delegate!additional!employees!to!the!Information!
Commissioner’s!Office,!to!train,!promote!and!dismiss!
them,!without!breaching!the!allocated!budget!passed!
by!the!People’s!Majlis!to!run!the!Office.!
!
(a)! The!State!treasury!shall!provide!the!Office!of!the!
Information!Commissioner!the!funds!from!the!
annual!budget!approved!by!the!People’s!Majlis!
in!order!for!the!Information!Commissioner!to!
undertake!fully!the!responsibilities!of!the!office.!!
!
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