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Public Complaints Commission Act

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

SECTION

  1. Establishment of Public Complaints Commission.
  2. Appointment, tenure of office, etc., of Chief Commissioner and Commissioners.
  3. Appointment and tenure of office of other staff.
  4. Application of Pensions Act.
  5. Powers and duties of Commissioners.
  6. Restrictions.
  7. Recommendations after investigation.
  8. Offences and penalties therefor.
  9. Power to summon persons.
  10. Immunity from legal process.
  11. Interpretation.
  12. Short title, etc.

PUBLIC COMPLAINTS COMMISSION ACT

An Act to establish the Public Complaints Commission with wide powers to inquire into complaints by members of the public concerning the administrative actionof any public authority and companies or their officials, and other matters ancillary thereto.

[1975 No. 31.]

[16th October, 1975]

[ Commencement.]

  1. Establishment of Public Complaints Commission
(1) There shall be established a commission to be known as the Public Complaints Commission (in this Act referred to as “the Commission”) which shall consist of a Chief Commissioner and such number of other Commissioners as the National Assembly may, from time to time, determine.
(2) The Commission may establish such number of branches of the Commission in the States of the Federation as the National Assembly may from time to time determine.
  1.     Appointment, tenure of office, etc., of Chief Commissioner and Commissioners
    (1) The Chief Commissioner and other Commissioners shall be appointed by the National Assembly and shall be persons of proven integrity and shall possess such other qualifications as the National Assembly may determine.
(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, a Commissioner shall hold office for a term of three years in the first instance and shall be eligible for re-appointment for a second term of three years and shall vacate his office at the expiration of a period of six years.
(3) A Commissioner may at any time be removed from his office of appointment by the National Assembly.
(4) There shall be paid to the Chief Commissioner and other Commissioners such salaries and allowances as the President may from time to time direct.
(5) There shall also be paid to every Commissioner upon completion of his period of service a gratuity calculated in such manner as the President may direct.

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