ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Probation of Offenders Act
16. Appointments
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
16. Appointments
(1)The Public Service Commission shall appoint—(a)a Director, who shall organise and supervise the probation service in accordance with rules made under this Act;(b)a sufficient number of probation officers, qualified by character and experience to be probation officers, who shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by rules made under this Act.(2)The Cabinet Secretary* may appoint a probation committee or probation committees, consisting of such persons as the Cabinet Secretary shall think fit, who shall review the work of probation officers in individual cases and perform such duties in connection with probation as may be prescribed by rules made under this Act._____________________________________________________________*Powers under section 16 (2) to appoint chairpersons and members of Probation Case Committees delegated to the Principal Secretary (L.N. 69/1968)