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PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS ACT 1994 - SECT 34 Removal from office

PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS ACT 1994 - SECT 34

Removal from office

The Governor in Council may remove a Crown Prosecutor from office if—

        (a)     he or she becomes bankrupt; or

        (b)     in the opinion of the Governor in Council he or she is unable, because of mental illness, to perform the duties of the office; or

        (c)     he or she is absent from duty for 14 days (whether or not consecutive) in any period of 12 months without the approval of the Director but not including any absence occasioned by illness or other unavoidable cause; or

        (d)     he or she fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 32(6) ; or

S. 34(e) substituted by No. 3/2012 s. 19.

        (e)     the Director, after consulting with the Director's Committee, recommends to the Attorney-General that the Crown Prosecutor be removed from office.

S. 35 (Heading) inserted by No. 23/2008 s. 21(3).