Cap. 497 Art. 48AStanding Committee on Public Appointments.

(1) There shall be a Standing Committee on Public

Appointments which shall consist of seven members appointed by the House of Representatives of whom four shall be appointed by the Government, one of whom shall be appointed as Chairperson, and the other three shall be appointed by the Opposition.

(2) Four members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.

(3) The Standing Committee on Public Appointments shall have the power to conduct pre-appointment hearings of persons nominated for certain public appointments as may be provided by law from time to time.

(4) The provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) of Standing Order 120B of the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the Standing Committee on Public Appointments.