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National Prosecuting Authority Act, 1998 (Act No. 32 of 1998)

Chapter 3 : Appointment, Remuneration and Conditions of Service of Members of the Prosecuting Authority

11. Appointment of Deputy National Directors

 

(1) The President may, after consultation with the Minister and the National Director, appoint not more than four persons, as Deputy National Directors of Public Prosecutions.

[Section 11(1) substituted by section 5 of Act No. 61 of 2000]

 

(2)

(a) Whenever the National Director is absent or unable to perform his or her functions, the National Director may appoint any Deputy National Director as acting National Director.
(b) Whenever the office of National Director is vacant, or the National Director is for any reason unable to make the appointment contemplated in paragraph (a), the President may, after consultation with the Minister, appoint any Deputy National Director as acting National Director.

 

(3) Whenever a Deputy National Director is absent or unable to perform his or her functions, or an office of Deputy National Director is vacant, the National Director may, in consultation with the Minister, designate any other Deputy National Director or any Director to act as such Deputy National Director.