25. Staff  26. Class-child ratio  (8) A member of the Public Service Commission shall not be removed from office except in  accordance with the provisions of this section. (9) If the office of Chairman of the Public Service Commission is vacant or if the person  holding that office is for any reason unable to perform the functions of his or her office, then, until  a person has been appointed to and has assumed the functions of that office or until the person  holding that office has resumed those functions, as the case may  be, those functions shall be  performed by such one of the other members of the Commission as may be designated in that  behalf by the President. (10) If at any time there are less than two members of the Public Service Commission  besides the Chairman or if any such member is appointed to act as Chairman or is for any reason  unable to perform the functions of his or her office, the President may appoint a person who is  qualified for appointment as a member of the Commission to act as a member, and any perso n so  appointed shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (5)( b ) of this section, continue to act until  the office in which he or she is acting is filled, or as the case may be, until the holder thereof  resumes his or her functions or until his or her  appointment to act is revoked by the President. (11) Except as provided in subsection (13) of this section the Public Service Commission  shall not be subject to the direction or control of any other person or authority in the exercise of its  functions under this Constitution.  (12) A member of the Commission shall not enter upon the duties of his or her office until  he or she has taken and subscribed the oath of allegiance and such oath for the due execution of  his or her office as may be prescribed by Par liament.  (13) Provision may be made by or under an Act of Parliament prescribing the procedure of  the Commission and, subject thereto, the Commission may regulate its own procedure. (14) Except as may be otherwise provided in its rules or procedure, the  Commission may  act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership or the absence of any member and its  proceedings shall not be invalidated by the presence or participation of any person not entitled to  be present at or to participate in those proceedings. (15) Any decision of the Commission shall require the concurrence of a majority of all the  members thereof.  (16) A member of the Commission shall not, during the tenure of his or her office or during  the three years immediately following such tenure, be  eligible for appointment to any public office  other than that of Ambassador, High Commissioner or other principal representative of Botswana  in any other country or accredited to any international organization. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section and of sections 111, 113 and 114 of this  Constitution, power to appoint persons to hold or to act in any office in the public service, to  exercise disciplinary control over persons holding or actin g in such offices and to remove from  such offices shall vest in such person or persons as may be prescribed by Act of Parliament. (2) The provisions of this section shall not apply in relation to the following offices, that is to  say-  (3) Before any person or persons as may have been prescribed under the provisions of  subsection (1) exercise power to appoint to or  to act in any public office any person who holds or  is acting in any office the power to make appointments to which is vested by this Constitution in  the President acting in accordance with the advice of the Judicial Service Commission such  person shall consult with the Judicial Service Commission. ( a )  the office of judge of the Court of Appeal or of the High Court; ( b )  any office to which section 104 or 112 of the Constitution applies. 110. Appointment, etc., of public officers  111. Appeals to President Copyright Government of Botswana