6 Establishment of the Governing Board and its membership

(1) There is hereby established for the Service a Governing Board (in this Bill referred to as "the Board"), which shall exercise overall supervision of the Service in accordance with the provisions of this Bill.

(2) The Board shall consist of:

(a) a Chairman who is the Executive Chairman of the Service;

(b) the Heads of such Departments as may be established by the Board from time to time, who shall be known as Directors to be appointed by the Governor, at least half of whom shall be from within the Service and two other Directors, one each from Ministries of Finance and Justices;

(c) the Legal Adviser of the Service, who shall be a Legal Practitioner of not less than ten years standing;

(d) three persons, one from each of the senatorial zones who shall:

(a) have requisite knowledge in financial matters; and

(b) be appointment by the Governor;

(e) the Secretary to the Service who shall also be the Secretary and an ex-officio member of the Board.

(3) The members of the Board, other than the Executive Chairman, the Directors, the Secretary and the Legal Adviser, shall function in a purely non- executive and part-time capacity.

(4) The supplementary provisions set out in the Second Schedule to this Bill shall have effect with respect to the proceedings of the Board and other matters mentioned therein.