JAMAICA (CONSTITUTION)ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1962 1

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1962 No. 1550

CARIBBEAN AND NORTH ATLANTIC

TERRITORIES

The Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council 1962

Made ... ... ... ... 23rd July 1962

Laid before Parliament ... ... 24th July 1962

Coming into Operation-

Section 3(2) of the Order in Council.
and sections 80, 81, 94(1) and (2). 103.
104, 111, 124 and 125 (in part) of the
Constitution ... ... ... 25th July 1962
Remainder ... ... ... Immediately
before the 6th
August 1962

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JAMAICA (CONSTITUTION) ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1962

ARRANGEMENT OF ORDER

Section
1. Citation, commencement and interpretation.
2. Revocation.
3. Establishment of the Constitution.
4. Existing laws.
5. Finance.
6. House of Representatives.
7. First Standing Orders of Senate.
8. Remuneration of Members of Parliament, etc.
9. Clerks to Houses of Parliament and their staffs.
10. First Cabinet.
11. Parliamentary Secretaries.
12. Secretary to the Cabinet.
13. Supreme Court and Judges.
14. Pending Appeals.
15. Appeals from Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands.
16. Remuneration of Auditor-General.
17. Existing officers.
18. Transitional provisions relating to Privy Council.
19. Transitional provisions relating to existing Commissions.
20. Transitional provisions for certain officers.
21. Alteration of this Order.
22. Interpretation.

FIRST SCHEDULE

ORDERS IN COUNCIL REVOKED BY THIS ORDER

SECOND SCHEDULE

THE CONSTITUTION OF JAMAICA.

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At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23rd day of

July, 1962
Present,
THEQUEEN’S MOSTEXCELLENT M m m IN COUNCIL
Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in
that behalf by subsection (1) of section 5 of the West Indies 10 6t 11
Act, 1962 or otherwise in Her vested, is pleased, by and with FF 19.
the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby
ordered, as follows :-
Citation.
1.41) This Order may be cited as the Jamaica (Constitu- commence-
tion) Order in Council 1962. ment and
interpreta-
(2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of sec- tion.
tion 3 of this Order, this Order shall come into operation
immediately before the appointed day (in this Order referred
to as “the commencement of this Order”):
Provided that where by or under this Order the Governor-
General has power to make any appointment or to make
any Order or to do any other thing for the purposes of this
Order that power may be exercised by the Governor of the
Colony of Jamaica at any time after the twenty-fourth day
of July, 1962 to such extent as may, in his opinion, be
necessary or expedient to enable the Constitution established
by this Order to function as from the commencement of
this Order.

2.-(1) The Orders in Council specified in the First RCVOC~-

tion.
Schedule to this Order (hereinafter referred to as “the exist-
ing Orders”) are hereby revoked.
(2) Notwithstanding the revocation of the existing
Orders the following Regulations-
(a) the Public Service Regulations, 1961,
(h) the Judicial Service Regulations, 1961,
(c) the Police Service Regulations, 1961, and
(d) the Jamaica (Constitution) (Retirement of Entitled
Officers) Regulations, 1961,
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made thereunder and all amendments thereto shall continue

in force subject to such adaptations or modifications as may
be made thereto by or under section 4 of this Order and
subject to amendment or repeal by the authority having
power to amend or revoke the same.
(3) With effectfrom the commencement of this Order
paragraph (0 (which specifies Jamaica) of the delinition of
the “the Territories” in subsection (1) of section 2 of the
s. I. British Caribbean Court of Appeal Order in Council 1962
~ ~ ~ ~ ~is ~revoked.
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p. 1247)
Establish- 3.41) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this
ment of the
anstim- section and the other provisions of this Order, the Con-
tion. stitution of Jamaica set out in the Second Schedule to this
Order (in this Order referred to as “the Constitution”) shall
come into force in Jamaica at the commencement of this
Order.
(2) This subsection and the following provisions of
the Constitution-
(a) sections 80 and 81,
(b) subsections (1) and (2) of section 94,
(c) sections 103 and 104,
(d) section 111,
(e) section 124,
<f, section 125 to the extent only as to enable a Direc-
tor of Public Prosecutions to be appointed before
the appointed day,
shall come into force in Jamaica on the twenty-fifth day
of July 1962 :
Provided that in relation to any period prior to the
appointed day references in these provisions of the Con-
stitution-
(a) to the Governor-General and the Prime Minister
shall be construed as references to the Governor
and Premier respectively of the Colony of Jamaica;
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(b) to Parliament and to the House of Representatives

shall be construed as references to the Legislature
and the House of Representatives constituted un-
der the existing Orders; and
(c) to the Chief Justice or a Judge of the Supreme
Court shall be construed as references to the Chief
Justice or a Judge of the Supreme Court holding
office under the existing Orders.
4.-(1) All laws which are in force in Jamaica immediately ~ x i ~ t i ~
before the appointed day shall (subject to amendment or *aws.
repeal by the authority having power to amend or repeal
any such law) continue in force on and after that day, and
all laws which have been made before that day but have
not previously been brought into operation may (subject
as aforesaid) be brought into force, in accordance with any
provision in that behalf, on or after that day, but all such
laws shall, subject to the provisions of this section, be con-
strued, in relation to any period beginning on or after the
appointed day, with such adaptations and modifications as
may be necessary to bring them into conformity with the
provisions of this Order.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the preced-
ing subsection, in any law which continues in force on and
after the appointed day or which, having been made before
that day, is brought into force on or after that day, unless
the context otherwise requires-
(a) references to the Governor shall, in relation to any
period beginning on or after the appointed day, be
construed as references to the Governor-General;
(b) references to the Legislature or to either chamber
thereof shall, in relation to any period as aforesaid,
be construed as references to the Parliament, or to
the corresponding House thereof, established by
the Constitution;
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references to any office (or to the person holding

or acting in it) connected with either chamber of
the Legislature shall, in relation to any such period
as aforesaid be construed as references to the
corresponding office (or the person holding or
acting in it) constituted by or under the Constitu-
tion; .
references to the Cabinet, to the premier or to any
other Minister shall, in relation to any such period
as aforesaid, be construed as references respec-
tively to the Cabinet established by the Constitu-
tion to the Prime Minister appointed for the time
being under the Constitution and to the corres-
ponding Minister so appointed;
references to the Secretary to the Cabinet shall, in
relation to any such period as aforesaid, be con-
strued as references to the Secretary to the Cabinet
established by the Constitution;
references to the Privy Council shall, in relation to
any such period as aforesaid, be construed as refer-
ences to the Privy Council established by the
Constitution;
references to the Judicial Service Commission, the
Public Service Commission or the Police Service
Commission shall, in relation to any such period
as aforesaid, be construed as references respectively
to the Judicial Service Commission, the Public
Service Commission or the Police Service Commis-
sion established by the Constitution;
references to any other office (or to the person
holding or acting in it) constituted by or under the
existing Orders or to any other authority or body
so constituted shall, in relation to any such period
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as aforesaid, be construed as references respectively

to the corresponding office (or to the person hold-
ing or acting in it) or the corresponding authority
or body constituted by or under the Constitution.
(3) For the purposes of this Order the Senate is the
corresponding House to the Legislative Council constituted
under the existing Orders.
(4) The Governor-General may, by Order published
in the Gazette, declare-
(a) for the purposes of paragraphs (c) and (h) of sub-
section (2) of this section, what is the corresponding
office, authority or body referred to in either of
those paragraphs; and
(b) for the purposes of paragraph (4 of that subsec-
tion, who is the corresponding Minister referred
to in that paragraph.
(5) (a) The Governor-General may, by Order made
at any time within a period of two years commencing with
the appointed day and published in the Gazette, make such
adaptations and modifications in any law which continues
in force in Jamaica on and after the appointed day, or
which having been made before that day, is brought into
force on or after that day, as appear to him to be necessary
or expedient by reason of anything contained in this Order.
(b) Without prejudice to the generality of para-
graph (a) of this subsection any Order made thereunder may
transfer to the Director of Public Prosecutions any function
by any such law vested in the Attorney-General.
(c) An Order made by the Governor-General
under this subsection shall have effect from such date, not
earlier than the appointed day, as may be specified therein.

5. Without prejudice to the provisions of the preceding Finam.

section and for the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared
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that any resolution of the House of Representatives passed

before the appointed day and any law enacted by the Legis-
lature before that day (whether such resolution was passed
or such law enacted before or after the making of this
Order) may have effect for the purposes of section 117 of
the Constitution as if they were respectively a resolution
of the House of Representatives established by the Constitu-
tion or a law enacted by the Parliament so established.

House of 6.-( 1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this

tives.
Representa- Order, the House of Representatives constituted under the
existing Orders (in this section referred to as “the existing
House of Representatives”) shall be the House of Repre-
sentatives of Jamaica during the period beginning with the
commencement of this Order and ending with the first
dissolution of Parliament thereafter.
(2) The persons who immediately before the com-
mencement of this Order are members of the existing House
of Representatives shall be members of the House of Repre-
sentatives established by this Order and as from that time
shall be deemed to have been elected as such in pursuance
of section 36 of the Constitution and shall hold their seats
in that House in accordance with the provisions of the
Constitution.
(3) The persons who immediately before the com-
mencement of this Order are Speaker and Deputy Speaker
of the existing House of Representatives shall be Speaker
and Deputy Speaker respectively of the House of Repre-
sentatives established by this Order and as from that time
shall be deemed to have been elected as such in pursuance
of section 43 of the Constitution and shall hold office in
accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.
(4) The Standing Orders of the existing House of
Representatives as in force immediately before the com-
mencement of this Order shall, with such adaptations and
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modifications as may be necessary to bring them into con-

formity with this Order, be the first Standing Orders of the
House of Representatives established by the Constitution
as if they had been made in pursuance of section 51 of the
Constitution.
(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection
(2) of section 64 of the Constitution (but subject to the
provisions of subsections (3) and (4)of that section) Parlia-
ment shall, unless sooner dissolved, stand dissolved on the
tenth day of April 1967.

7. The Standing Orders of the Legislative Council con- ing Orders

First Stand-
stituted under the existing Orders as in force immediately
before the cornmencement of this Order shall, with such
adaptations and modifications as may be necessary to bring
them into conformity with this Order, be the first Standing
Orders of the Senate established by the Constitution as if
they had been made in pursuance of section 51 of the Con-
stitution.

8. Until other provision is made in that behalf, the salary Remunera-

tion of
and allowances payable to members of either House, the
President and Deputy President of the Senate, the Speaker
and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Min-
z;liment*
membnol

isters and Parliamentary Secretaries shall be those payable

to the persons last holding the corresponding offices immed-
iately before the commencement of this Order.

9.-(1) Any person who, immediately before the com- Clerksto

mncement of this Order hdds office as Clerk or Deputy Houses of
Parliament
Clerk of the Legislative Council or of the House of Repre-
sentatives shall, as from that time, hold the like office of
::&:vir
Clerk or Deputy Clerk of the Senate or of the House of
Representatives as if he had been appointed thereto under
section 47 of the Constitution, and shall, until other pro-
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vision is made in accordance with the provisions of that

section, hold office on the same terms of service as applied
to him immediately before the commencement of this Order.
(2) Any other person who, immediately before the
commencement of this Order holds an office on the staff of
the Clerk of the Legislative Council or on the staff of the
Clerk of the House of Representatives shall hold the like
office on the staff of the Clerk of the Senate or on the
staff of the Clerk of the House of Representatives as from
that time as if he had been appointed thereto under section
47 of the Constitution.

Firat 10.-(1) The person who, immediately before the com-

mencement of this Order, holds the office of Premier shall,
as from that time hold office as Prime Minister as if he had
been appointed thereto under section 70 of the Constitution;
the persons who, immediately before the commencement
of this Order, are members of the House of Representatives
and hold office as other Ministers shall, as from that time,
similarly hold the like offices under the Constitution; and
references in the Constitution to the Cabinet shall be con-
strued accordingly.
(2) Where any Minister who holds office as from the
commencement of this Order under the provisions of the
preceding subsection is, by virtue of a direction given under
the existing Orders, charged immediately before the com-
mencement of this Order with responsibility for any subject
or department, he shall be deemed as from the commence-
ment of this Order to have been charged with the respon-
sibility for the corresponding subject or department of
government under subsection (1) of section 77 of the Con-
stitution.

Parliament- 11. Any person who, immediately before the commence-

aw
Secretaries. ment of this Order, is a member of the House of Representa-
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tives and holds office as a Parliamentary Secretary shall, as

from that time hold office as Parliamentary Secretary as if
he had been appointed thereto under the provisions of
section 78 of the Constitution.

12. The person who, immediately before the commence- Secretary

to Cabinet.
ment of this Order holds office as Secretary of the Cabinet
shall, as from that time, hold office as Secretary to the
Cabinet as if he had been appointed thereto under the
provisions of section 92 of the Constitution.

13.-(1)
before The Supreme of
the commencement Court in existence
this Order immediately
shall be the Supreme Supreme
and
Judges.
Court

Court for the purposes of the Constitution, and the Chief

Justice and other Judges of the Supreme Court holding
office immediately before the commencement of this Order
shall, as from that time, continue to hold the like offices as
if they had been appointed thereto under the provisions of
Chapter VII of the Constitution.
(2) Until other provision is made under and in
accordance with the provisions of section 101 of the Con-
stitution, the salaries and allowances of the Judges of the
Supreme Court shall be the salaries and allowances to which
the holders of those offices were entitled immediately before
the commencement of this Order.

14.-( 1) Any proceedings pending immediately before the Pending

Appeals.
Commencement of this Order on appeal from the Supreme
Court to the British Caribbean Court of Appeal may be
continued after the commencement of this Order before the
Court of Appeal established by the Constitution.
(2) Any judgment of the Supreme Court of the
Federation of The West Indies or of the British Caribbean
Court of Appeal in an appeal from a court of Jamaica
given, but not satisfied, before the commencement of this
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Order, may be enforced after the commencement of this

Order as if it were a judgment of the Court of Appeal
established by the Constitution.

Appeals
15. The Court of Appeal established by the Constitution
from may have and exercise such jurisdiction and powers in res-
Cayman
Islands and pect of the Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos
Turks and
Cabs Islands as may be conferred upon it by any law for the
Islands. time being in force in the Cayman Islands or the Turks and
Caicos Islands, as the case may be, and may for the purpose
of exercising that jurisdiction sit either in Jamaica or in the
Cayman Islands or in the Turks and Caicos Islands, as the
case may be.

Remunera- 16. Until provision is made under and in accordance with

tion of
Auditor- subsection (4) of section 120 of the Constitution, the salary
General. and allowances of the Auditor-General shall be the salary
and allowances to which the holder of that office was
entitled immediately before the commencement of ithis
Order.

Existing 17.-(1) Where any office has been established for the
Wcers.
former Colony of Jamaica by or under the existing Orders
or any existing law, and the Constitution establishes the
same or an equivalent office for Jamaica, not being the office
of Prime Minister, Minister, or Parliamentary Secretary,
any person who, immediately before the commencement of
this Order, is holding or acting in the former office shall, so
far as is consistent with the provisions of this Order, be
deemed as from the commencement of this Order to have
been appointed to or to act in the latter office in accordance
with the provisions of this Order and to have taken any
necessary oath under this Order.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Order, every
person who, immediately before the commencement of this
Order, holds or is acting in a public office shall, as from that
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time, continue to hold or act in the like office as if he had

been appointed thereto or to act therein in accordance with
. the provisions of this Order.
(3) The provisions of this section shall be without
prejudice to-
(a) the provisions of section 6 of this Order; and
(b) any powers conferred by or under this Order
upon any person or authority to make provision
for the abolition of offices and the removal of
persons holding or acting in any office.
(4) In this section “existing law” means such a law
as is referred to in subsection (1) of section 4 of this
Order.

18. Any matter which, immediately before the com- Transitional

mencement of this Order, is pending before the Privy ~~~~~~

Council established under the existing Orders shall as from Council.

Privy
the commencement of this Order, be continued before the
Privy Council established by the Constitution.

19.-(1) Any power of the Governor of the Colony of Transi’tional

provisions
Jamaica acting on the recommendation of a Commission relating to
established by the existing Orders (in this section referred $zs-
to as “an existing Commission”) which has been validly ~1011s.
delegated to any person or authority under those Orders
shall, as from the commencement of this Order, be deemed
to have been delegated to that person or authority in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Constitution.
(2) Any matter which, immediately before the com-
mencement of this Order, is pending before an existing
Commission or, as the case may be, before any person or
authority to whom the power to deal with such matter has
been validly delegated under the existing Orders shall as
from the commencement of this Order be continued before
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the Judicial Service Commission established by the Con-

stitution or the Public Service Commission or the Police
Service Commission so established or, as the case may be,
the said person or authority :
Provided that where an existing Commission or, as the
case may be, any person or authority as aforesaid has,
immediately before the commencement of this Order, partly
completed the hearing of a disciplinary proceeding (in this
section referred to as “the original hearing”), no person
shall take part in the continued hearing unless he has also
taken part in the original hearing; and where by virtue of
this subsection the original hearing cannot be so continued
the hearing of the disciplinary proceedings shall be recom-
menced.

Transitional
provisions
20.-(1) Any person who, immediately before the com-
relating to mencement of this Order, holds any office established by
certain
OfficerS. or under the existing Orders and who does not, as from
the date of such commencement, hold any public office shall
be entitled to the leave, beginning with the commencement
of this Order, for which under the terms of service applic-
able to him immediately before the commencement of this
Order he was then eligible :
Provided that if any such person holds, or is acting in,
as from the commencement of this Order, any office estab-
lished by or under the Constitution, the leave to which he
is entitled under this section shall begin when he relinquishes
that office.
(2) When any person is on leave under the provisions
of subsection (1) of this section, he shall be regarded as
still in the office which he held immediately before the
commencement of this Order.

Alteration 21.-(l) Parliament may alter any of the provisions of

ofthis
Order.
sections 1 to 22 (inclusive), other than section 15, of this
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Order including this section in the same manner as it may

alter the provisions of the Jamaica Independence Act, 1962.
c. 40.
(2) Parliament may amend from time to time or
repeal, in so far as it forms part of the law of Jamaica,
section 15 of this Order by an Act passed in accordance
with the provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of
section 49 of the Constitution.

22.41) In this Order references to any body or to any ~ ~ ~ P r e ~ -

office shall be construed, in relation to any period before
the commencement of this Order, as references to such
body or such office as constituted by or under the existing
Orders, and references to the holder of any office shall be
similarly construed.
(2) The provisions of section 1 of the Constitution
shall apply for the purposes of interpreting this Order as
they apply for interpreting the Constitution.

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SCHEDULES
Section 2 FIRSTSCHEDULE

The Jamaica (Constitution) Order in ChIldl. 1959.

The Jamaica (Constitution) (Amendment) Order in Council. 1959.
The Jamaica (Constitution) (Amendment) Order in Cornd. 1961.

Section 3 SECONDSCHEDULE

THE CONSTITUTION OF JAMAICA

ARRANGEMENT
OF SECTIONS

CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
Section
1. Interpretation.
2. Effect of this Constitution.

CHAPTER II
CITEENSHIP
Section
3. Acquisition of Jamaican citizenship.
3 ~ Persons
. entitled to citizenship on 1st Marcb 1993.
3 ~ Citizenship
. by birth.
3c. Citizenship by descent.
4. Persons entitled to be registered as citizens.
5. [Repealed by Act 18 of Z999.1
6. [Repealed by Act 18 of 1999.1
7. Marriage to citizen of Jamaica
8. Deprivation of citizenship.
9. Commonwealth citizens.
10. Criminal liability of Commonwealth dtiztm.
11. Powers of Parliament.
12. Interpretation.
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CHAPTER 111
FUNDAMENTALRIGHTS AM) FREBD~M~
Section
13. Fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual.
14. Protection of right to life.
15. Protection from arbitrary arrest or detention.
- 16, Progction of f r e o m of movement.
17. Protection from inhuman Creatment.
18. Compulsory acquisition of pperty.
19, Protection for privacy of home and other property.
20. Provisions to secure protection of law.
21. Protection of freedom of conscience.
22. Protection of freedom of expression.
23. Protection of freedom of assembly and association.
24. Protection from discrimination on the grounds of race. etc.
25. Enforcement of protective provisions.
26. Interpretation of Chaptera.'
CHAPTER IV
THEGOVERNOR-GENBW
27. Establishment of office of Governor-General.
28. Oaths to be taken by Governor-General. . -
29. Acting Governor-General.
<-
30. Deputy to Governor-General.
31. Personal staff of Governor-General.
32. Exercise of Governor-General's functions
33. Broad Seal.
CHAPTER V
PARLIAMENT
PART 1.
Composition of Parliament
34. Establishment of Parliament.
35. Senate.
36. House of Representatives.

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Section
37. Qualifications and diisqualifiwtions for electors.
38. Electoral law.
39. Qualification for membership of Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives.
40. Disqualification for membership of Senate and House ofRepre-
sentatives.
41. Tenure of officeof Senators and Members of House of Repre-
sentatives.
42. President and Deputy President of Senate.
43. Speaker and Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives.
44. Determination of questions as to membership.
45. Filling of vacancies.
46. Unqualified persons sitting or voting.
41. Clerks to Houses of Parliament and their staffs.

PART 2
Powers and Procedure of Parliament
48. Power to make laws.
49. Alteration of this Constitution.
50. Special Acts of Parliament.
51. Regulation of procedure in Houses of Parliament.
52. Presiding in Senate and Home of Representatives.
53. Quorum.
54. voting.
55. Introduotion of Bills,etc.
56. Restriction on powers of Senate as to Money Bills.
57. Restriction on powers of Senate as to Bills other than Money
Bills and certain other Bills.
58. Provisions relating to sections 55, 56 and 57.
59. Restriction on powers of Senate as to certain statutory instru-
ments.
60. Assent to Bills.
61. Words of enactment.
62. Oath of allegiance.

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PART 3

Summoning, prorogation and %issolution

Section
63. Sessions of Parliament.
64. Prorogation and dissolution of Parliament.
65. General elections and appointment of Senators.

PART 4
Delimitation of Constituencies
66. Establishment of first constituencies.
67. Standing Committee of House of Representatives.

CHAPTER VI
POWERS
EXECUTIVE
68. Executive authority of Jamaica.
69. Cabinet.
70. Appointment of Ministers.
71, Tenure of office of Ministers.
72. Performance of Prime Minister’s functions in certain events.
73. Temporary Ministers.
74. oaths.
75. Presiding in Cabinet.
76. Governor-General to be informed concerning matters of Govem-
ment.
77. Assignment of responsibility to Ministers.
78. Parliamentary Secretaries.
79. Atitorney-General.
80. Leader of the Opposition.
81. Certain vacancies in office of Leader of Opposition.
82. Privy Council.
83. Tenure ofoffice of members of Privy Council.
84. Incapacity of member of Privy Council.
85. Provisional appointments to Privy Council.
86. Senior Member d Privy Council.
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section
87. Attendance of Governvr-General.
88. Summoning of Privy Council and procedure.
89. Validity of proceedings of Privy Cowcil.
90. Prerogative of mercy.
91. Pardon in capital cases.
92. Secretary to the Cabinet.
93. Permanent Secretaries.
94. Establishment of ~ 5 c eand functions of Director of Public
Prosecutions.
95. Remuneration of Director of Public Prosecutions..
96. Tenure of office of Director of Public Prosecutions.

CHAPTER MI
THE JUDICATURB
PART 1
The Supreme Court
97. Establishment of the Supreme Court.
98. Appointment of Judges d the Supreme Court.
99. Acting Judges of the Supreme Court.
100. Tenure of officeof Judges of the Supreme Court.
101. Remuneration ofJudges of the Supreme Court.
102. Oaths to be taken by Judges of the Supreme Court.

PART 2
Court of Appeal
103. Establishment of the Court of Appeal.
104. Appointment of Judges of the Cow of Appeal.
105. Acting Judges of the Court of Appal.
106. Tenure of office of Judges of the Court of Appeal.
107. Remuneration of Judges of the Court of Appeal.
108. Oaths to be taken by Judges of the Court of Appeal.
109. Number of judge.

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PART 3
Appeals to Her Majesty in Council

Section
110. Appeals from Court of Appeal to Her Majesty in Council.

PART 4
Judicial Service Commission
111. Composition of Judicial Service Commission.
112. Appointment of Judicial officers.
113. Delegation of functions of Judicial Service Commission.

CHAPTER VIII
FINANCE
114. Cdnsolidated Fund.
115. Estimates.
116. Authorisation of Expenditure.
117. Meeting expenditme from Consolidated Fund.
118. Contingencies Fund.
119. Public Debt.
120. Auditor-General.
121. Tenure of office of Auditor-General.
122. Functions of Auditor-General.

CHAPTER Ix
THEPUBLIC SERVICE
PART 1

General
123. Interpretation.
124. Public Service Commission.
125. Appointment, etc. of public officers.
126. Permanent Secretaries.
127. Delegation of functions of Public Service cammission.
128. Appointment, atc. of principal representatives of Jamaica abroad.
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PART 2
Police

Seotion
129. Police Service Commission.
130. Appointment, etc. of police officers.
131. Delegation of functions of Police Service Commission.
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PART 3
Pensions
132. Applicability of pensions law.
133. Pensions, etc. to be charged on Consolidated Fund.
134. Grant and withholding of pensions, etc.

CHASTER X
MISCELLMIFNUS
135. Powers and procedure of Commissions.
136. Protection of Commissioas, etc. from legid proceedings.
137. Resignations.
138. Re-appointments, etc.

FIRST SCHEDULE
Oath

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SECONDSCHEDULE

Number and Boundaries of Constituencies

THIRDSCHEDULE
Provisions relating to applicability of the Commissions of Enquiry
Act to Tribunals appointed under this Constitution.

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