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By Evarist Baimu Nyaga Mawalla - Home

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Before I part with this application, I would like to say a word or two on the treapplication of the provisions of section 23 of the C ivil service Act, 1989. Thesection reads “23 – (1) No proceedings shall be brought in any court on groundonly that the provisions of this Act, other that the provisions of sub-section (2) ofsection 3 and Part V, have not been complied with; but nothing in this sectionshall apply to any criminal proceedings for an offence against any of theprovisions of the Act.(2) The question whether –(a) The President validly performed any function conferred on him by section36 of the Constitution or by this Act;(b) The commission or other delegate has validly performed any functions theexercise of which has been delegated or deputed to it or him, shall not beenquired into by or in any court, subject to the provisions of sub-section(3).(4) Where a person is dismissed, the provisions of sub-section (2) shall notapply in relation to that dismissal unless prior to the dismissal, theprovisions of section 19 (2) are complied with”.I was inclined to think that I was not deterred by these provisions fromentertaining the instant application. In my opinion, those provisions do not takeaway the supervisory jurisdiction of this Court where it is alleged, as is the casein the present application, that a decision made by the President under section36 of the constitution and the provisions of the Civil Service Act, 1989, is invalid495

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