Cap. 595 · Public Administration Act (Cap. 595)
Cap. 595 Art. 8Departments.
Title 1 - Organisation
(1) Departments of Government shall be those listed in the Second Schedule.
(2) The functions of departments shall be in accordance with the indicative summaries shown against the respective departments in the Second Schedule.
(3) The Prime Minister may, by order in the Gazette, amend the Second Schedule to:
(a) establish a new department;
(b) abolish a department or change its name or function; and
(c) change the titles of heads of department and other officers as provided for in article 11.
(4) Departments which, by virtue of any applicable laws or special administrative arrangements, are not subject to the direction and control of a Minister in the performance of their main functions shall be listed in Part II of the Second Schedule, but the applicability of any such law or special administrative arrangement to such a department shall not depend on its listing in the Schedule.