will direct the Governor to annul, reduce, or 
increase the punishment. 
(xiii) An officer who has been suspended may, 
pending the decision of the Secretary of State 
thereon, be granted an alimentary allowance if 
the Governor shall consider him to be in need 
of such assistance. 
43. If in any case the Governor considers that the 
interests of the public service require that an officer 
should cease to exercise the powers and functions of 
his office instantly, he may interdict the officer from 
the exercise of the powers and functions of his office 
provided that proceedings for his dismissal are being 
taken or are about to be taken, or that criminal pro- 
ceedings are being instituted against him. An officer 
who has been interdicted shall, unless and until he is 
suspended, be allowed to receive such proportion of 
the salary of his office, not being less than one-half, 
as the Governor shall think fit. If the proceedings 
against any such officer do not result in the dismissal 
or other punishment of the officer, he will be entitled 
to the full amount of salary which he would have 
received if he had not been interdicted. 
44. An officer who is dismissed forfeits all claim to 
a retiring allowance, even though he has paid 
contributions towards such allowance. 
45. If criminal proceedings are instituted against a 
public officer, proceedings for his dismissal upon any 
grounds involved in the criminal charge shall not be 
taken pending the criminal proceedings. 
46. If an officer is convicted on a criminal charge, 
the Governor may cause the proceedings of the 
Criminal Court on such charge to be considered in 
Executive Council, and if he is of opinion that the 
officer should be dismissed or subjected to some lesser 
penalty on account of the offence for which he has 
been convicted the officer may thereupon be dismissed