Civil Service Commissioners Act, 1956

Appointment of persons to unestablished positions, with certain exceptions.

14.—(1) No person shall be appointed to an unestablished position unless the Commissioners, after holding a competition under section 15, have, under section 17, selected him for appointment to that position.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to—

(a) the appointment of a person to an unestablished position on promotion or transfer from another unestablished position, which is neither a position in a scheduled occupation nor an excluded position, or

(b) the appointment of a person to an unestablished position under section 11 of the Regulation Act.

(3) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to the appointment of a person to a particular unestablished position where—

(a) the appropriate authority with, in case he is not the Minister, the consent of the Minister, recommends the appointment of that person to that unestablished position, and

(b) the Government, having considered such recommendation, decide that such appointment would be in the public interest.