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P-32 - Public Protector Act
Section 4
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4. The Government shall appoint two Deputy Public Protectors upon the recommendation of the Public Protector, one of whom shall exercise mainly the functions vested in the Public Protector and provided for in the Act respecting the Health and Social Services Ombudsman (chapter P‐31.1).
The other Deputy Public Protector shall be mainly responsible for the functions of the Public Protector provided for in this Act.
The Government shall fix their salary, which shall not be reduced subsequently. The maximum duration of their term of office is five years but they shall remain in office at the end of that term until re-appointed or replaced; the Government may dismiss them before the expiration of their term, but only for cause.
4. The Government may appoint an assistant to the Public Protector, upon the recommendation of the latter, and fix his salary which shall not be reduced thereafter; the duration of his term of office shall be five years; the Government may dismiss him before the expiration of his term, but only for cause.
