Cap. 420 Art. 4Establishment of Chief Executive Officer.

(1) There shall be a person who shall be known as The Chief Executive Officer.

(2) The Chief Executive Officer shall be appointed by the Prime

Minister from among public officers or from among persons who in each case, in the opinion of the Prime Minister, have knowledge and experience in matters relating to refugees.

(3) The Chief Executive Officer shall perform such functions as are conferred on him by this Act, and without prejudice to the generality of the above, shall examine applications for refugee status and shall have the power to administer oath to any person.

(4) The Prime Minister may assign public officers to be members of the staff of The Chief Executive Officer as he may consider necessary to assist The Chief Executive Officer in the performance of his functions.

(5) (a) Without prejudice to the provisions of subarticle (4) there shall be a Deputy to the Chief Executive Officer (hereinafter referred to as the Deputy) as the Prime Minister may by notice in the Gazette from time to time determine.

(b) The Deputy shall be appointed by the Prime Minister from among public officers and from among persons who in each case, in the opinion of the Prime Minister, have knowledge and experience in matters relating to refugees.

(c) the Deputy shall under the general direction of the Chief Executive Officer have such functions and powers as are conferred on the Chief Executive Officer by this Act, and are assigned to him by the Chief Executive Officer, including the function and power to examine applications for refugee status and to administer the oath to any person, and any reference in this Act, other than in this article, to the Chief Executive Officer shall be deemed to include as well a reference to the Deputy in the exercise of any function assigned to him by the Chief Executive Officer.