Cap. 391 чл. 12The Commissioner.

(1) The Prime Minister shall appoint as a Commissioner for the purposes of this Act a person who holds or has held the office of judge of the superior courts or who has held the office of Attorney General: Provided that if a Commissioner is not so appointed by the Prime Minister the Attorney General shall automatically assume the functions of Commissioner until such time as a Commissioner shall be so appointed.

(2) The Commissioner shall hold office in accordance with the terms of his appointment and, in the case of a Commissioner who is not a serving judge of the superior courts or the Attorney General, there shall be paid to him by the Minister such allowances as the Prime Minister may determine.

(3) (a) In addition to his functions under the subsequent provisions of this Act, the Commissioner shall keep shall not be subject to the direction or control of any other person or authority and shall not be liable to be questioned by any court.

(4) It shall be the duty of any person falling under one of the descriptions contained in article 18(2) to disclose or give to the Commissioner such documents or information as he may require for the purpose of enabling him to discharge his functions.

(5) The Commissioner may at any time report to the Prime Minister on any matter relating to the discharge of his functions under this Act.

(6) The Commissioner shall make an annual report on the discharge of his functions.

(7) The Prime Minister shall put before the Security Committee a copy of each annual report made by the Commissioner under subarticle (6) together with a statement as to whether any matter has been excluded from that copy in pursuance of subarticle (8).

(8) If it appears to the Prime Minister, after consultation with the Commissioner, that any matter in a report would be prejudicial to the continued discharge of the functions of the Security Service, the Prime Minister may exclude that matter from the copy of the report as put before the Security Committee.