Section 5

Where the Chief Commissioner is appointed from among members of the public services, the period of appointment of the Chief Commissioner shall not extend beyond the date of his compulsory retirement from the public service, but where he so attains the age of compulsory retirement he may be reappointed as Chief Commissioner by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, on the

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advice of the Prime Minister, on contract for such period and on such terms and conditions as may be specified in the instrument of appointment.

The Chief Commissioner shall, during the period of his appointment as set out in the instrument of appointment, hold office at the pleasure of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, subject to the advice of the Prime Minister.

The Chief Commissioner shall, during his term of office as such, be deemed to be a member of the general public service of the Federation for purposes of discipline.

The Chief Commissioner shall be responsible for the direction, control and supervision of all matters relating to the

Commission.

The Chief Commissioner shall have all the powers of an officer of the Commission and shall have such powers of a Deputy

Public Prosecutor as authorized by the Public Prosecutor for the purposes of this Act.

The Chief Commissioner shall, before assuming the duties and responsibilities of his office, make in such manner as he may declare to be most binding on his conscience before the Yang di-Pertuan Agong such declaration as may be prescribed by the

Minister by rules made under section 71.

There shall be issued to the Chief Commissioner a certificate of appointment in the form of an authority card as evidence of his appointment.

The person holding office as the Director General of the

Anti-Corruption Agency appointed under subsection 3(2) of the

Anti-Corruption Act 1997 [Act 575] immediately before the commencement of this Act shall, upon the commencement of this

Act, be deemed to have been appointed Chief Commissioner under subsection (1) for the remainder of the period of his appointment under the 1997 Act, and the requirements of subsection (7) shall be deemed to have been satisfied.

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Appointment of other officers of the Commission