4Appointment of sessional and temporary employees

4 Appointment of sessional and temporary employees

[Section 4 Substituted by No. 77 of 1979, s. 5 ]

(1)  The President may appoint such sessional or temporary employees required for the Legislative Council for such period as he thinks necessary.

(2)  The Speaker may appoint such sessional or temporary employees required for the House of Assembly for such period as he thinks necessary.

(3)  The President and the Speaker acting jointly may appoint such sessional or temporary employees required for both Houses of Parliament for such period as they think necessary.

(4)  A person appointed under this section as a sessional or temporary employee is entitled to remuneration at such rates, and to such other terms and conditions of employment (including leave), as the President or the Speaker or, as the case may be, the President and the Speaker may determine in respect of him.

(5)  Nothing in this section empowers the President or the Speaker, or the President and Speaker acting jointly, as the case may be, to make an appointment under this section unless Parliament has voted the money necessary for that appointment.