Civil Service Commissioners Act, 1956

Chapter III.

Certificates of Qualification.

Certificates of qualification in respect of certain appointments to established positions.

26.—(1) Where a person (in this subsection referred to as the appointee), who is either (i) a person who has been selected for appointment to an established position under section 17 or (ii) a person to whose proposed appointment to an established position section 20, 21 or 22 applies, has been accepted by the Commissioners as qualified for appointment to the position (in this subsection referred to as the said position) for which he has been selected or to which it is proposed to appoint him (as the case may be)—

(a) the Commissioners shall as soon as may be thereafter, issue a certificate which shall state that the appointee has been accepted by them as qualified for appointment to the said position and the date of such acceptance,

(b) the certificate shall have effect as on and from that date.

(2) A certificate issued under subsection (1) of this section shall be called and known as a certificate of qualification.

(3) Where a certificate of qualification is required by subsection (1) of this section to be issued, the Commissioners may defer the issue thereof until the person in whose favour it is to be issued has taken up the duties of the position.

(4) The Commissioners may—

(a) cancel any certificate of qualification issued in error or as the result of fraud or deceit.

(b) correct errors in a certificate of qualification.