AN ACT relating to the National Security Council, to provide for the establishment of regional and district security councils, to specify and coordinate the activities of the agencies responsible for the security of the State and to protect and preserve the unity and stability of the State and to provide for related matters.
DATE OF ASSENT: 6th October, 2020.
PASSED by Parliament and assented to by the President
National Security Council
Table of content not available1. The National Security Council established by article 83 of the Constitution consists of
(a) the President;
(b) the Vice-President;
(c) the Ministers holding the portfolios of foreign affairs, defence, interior and finance and such other Ministers as the President may determine;
(d) the Chief of Defence Staff and two other members of the Armed Forces;
(e) the Inspector-General of Police, the Commissioner of Police responsible for the Criminal Investigation Department and one other member of the Police Service;
(f) (f) the Director-General of the Prisons Service;
(g) (g) the Director of External Intelligence;
(h) ( h) the Director of Internal Intelligence;
(i) (i) the Director of Military Intelligence;
(j) the Commissioner of Customs, Excise and Preventive Service; and
(k) three persons appointed by the President.