Cap. 621 Art. 9The Directorate.  Cap. 9.

(1) The Directorate of the Bureau shall consist of the Director who shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Bureau, a Deputy Director and such other officers and employees of the Bureau as may be engaged by the Bureau from time to time.

(2) The Director shall be in charge of the overall management and executive action of the Bureau and shall keep the Board informed on the general running of the Bureau and of the general outcome of investigations and operations concluded by the Bureau.

(3) The Director shall be appointed by the Minister, after consultation with the Board, for such period and on such terms as the Minister may, in consultation with the Board, determine.

(4) The Deputy Director and the other officers and employees of the Directorate shall be selected by the Director and engaged by the Bureau in accordance with such procedures and on such terms as the Board may from time to time determinate.

(5) The Deputy Director and the other officers and employees of the Directorate (hereinafter collectively referred to as the directorate staff) shall as far as possible be selected from among:

(a) members of the Executive Police, nominated and designated by the Commissioner of Police;

(b) officers in the departments falling under the headship of the Commissioner for Revenue nominated and designated by the Commissioner for Revenue; and

(c) public officers.

(6) The Bureau may also act through such contractors as it may from time to time engage:

Provided that such contractors shall at all times act in accordance with such instructions as may be given to them by the Director.

(7) The Director and the Directorate staff shall for all purposes of the Criminal Code be considered as public officers, and shall be afforded all protection and may incur all liability as such.

(8) The Director and the Directorate staff shall, subject to any contrary provision in this Act or in any other law, abide by any code of ethics applicable to public officers:

Provided that nothing in this sub-article may be deemed to preclude the Board to make further rules regulating the conduct of the Director and of the Directorate staff to supplement any such Code of Ethics.