NS/RKT/0500/096
KRET
on
the Particular Statute of Kramkar
Cadre
of Administrative Secretary
The
Ministry of Interior
We,
Preah
Bat Norodom Sihanouk,
King
of the Kingdom of Cambodia,
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Having
seen the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia,
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Having
seen Kret NS/RKT/1198/72 of November 30, 1998 on the Appointment of the Royal
Government of Cambodia,
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Having
seen Kram 02/NS/94, dated July 20, 1994, promulgating the Law on the
Organization and Functioning of the Council of Ministers,
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Having
seen Kram 06/NS/94, dated October 26, 1994, promulgating the Law on Co-Statute
of the Civil Servants of the Kingdom of Cambodia,
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Having
seen Kram NS/RKM/0196/08, date January 24, 1996, promulgating the Law on
Creation of the Ministry of Interior,
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Having
seen Kret CS/RKT/1297/273 of December 1, 1997 on the General Principles for
Organization of the Civil Service,
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Pursuant
to the Approval of the Council of Ministers at its plenary session dated May
12, 2000,
HEREBY
ORDERS
CHAPTER
1: General Provisions
Article
1:
To form a Cadre of Administrative Secretary of
the Ministry of Interior, which shall be classified as Category C as stipulated
in Article 5 of the Kram CS/RKT/1297/273 of December 1, 1997 on the General
Principles for Organization of the Civil Service.
Article
2:
Civil servants of the Administrative Secretary
cadre shall be subject to the Ministry of Interior.
Article
3:
Civil servants of the Administrative Secretary
cadre of the Ministry of Interior shall have
secretarial function or executive one at the central administration of
the ministry or provincial or municipal one.
CHAPTER II
Title, Rank, Class and Possession
Article
4:
The cadre of the Administrative Secretary of the
Ministry of Interior shall divided into of 3 ranks:
- Director of Administrative Secretary
shall be divided into 06 classes;
- Principal Administrative Secretary shall
be divided into 10 classes; and
- Administrative Secretary shall be divided
into 14 classes.
Article
5:
Official of Administrative Secretary of the
Ministry of Interior shall qualify to serve the position as:
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Vice-director of district or khan office;
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Secretary of Commune or Sangkat office; and
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other equivalent positions which are listed in
the organization chart of the Ministry of Interior.
CHAPTER III
Selection and Internship Training
Article
6:
Selection of Administrative Secretary of the
Ministry of Interior shall be conducted by way of competitive examination among
candidates who are civil servants or among students (graduates). The number of
positions to be provided for the candidates who are civil servants and
graduates shall be determined by the Royal Government at the request of the
Ministry of Interior.
Article
7:
The competitive examination for graduates shall
be organized for candidates who holds a degree at least equivalent to
Baccalaureate II and who is not over 25 years of age as at the date of
examination. Such age limit may be extended from 25 to 30 years old pursuant to
Article 11 of the Co-Statute of Civil Servants.
The competitive examination among civil servants
shall be organized for civil servants who are serving at least at grade 11 of
category D and who is not over forty
(40) years of age.
Those civil servants of the Ministry of Interior
who hold Baccalaureate II are entitled to take the competitive examination
regardless of their status, titles and cadre and who are not over forty (40)
years of age.
Article
8:
The candidates selected by way of competitive
examination among civil servants and graduates shall be considered as
Administrative Secretary Trainees and the probationary training shall be
organized by the Ministry of Interior.
CHAPTER IV
Probationary Training and Permanent
Appointment
Article
9:
After the probationary training, the Administrative
Secretary Trainees shall be assigned to serve at different entities of the
Ministry of interior and be appointed to the rank of Administrative Secretary
by Prakas of the Ministry of Interior.
These probationary civil servants shall complete
the probationary training for the period as specified below:
1.
12 months for officials selected from among
graduates;
2. 6
months for officials selected from among civil servants who have previously not
been serving in the administrative secretary cadre.
Those officials who were selected from among
civil servants who have previously been serving in the administrative secretary
cadre at the Ministry of Interior shall not be required to complete a
probationary training.
After the probationary training, the civil
servants stated in Sub-paragraph 1 and 2 above shall be permanently appointed
as Administrative Secretary. In special cases, an extra probation training may
be authorized for a maximum period of 12 months for officials stated in
Sub-paragraph 1, and 6 months for officials stated in Sub-paragraph 2. Any
official who has not successfully completed such training shall be removed (if
they are graduates) or transferred to their previous positions (if they are
civil servants) and their seniority shall be taken into account. These shall be
determined by Prakas of the Ministry of Interior with specific reasons no later
than 3 months after the training.
Administrative Secretary of the Ministry of
Interior who has been selected from among civil servants shall be allocated a
position with a salary index above his/her previous one.
Administrative Secretary of the Ministry of
Interior who have been selected from among graduates though competitive
examination shall be allocated at level 14 of the Administrative Secretary
rank.
The appointment of Administrative Secretary of
the administrative cadre shall be made by Prakas of the Ministry of Interior.
CHAPTER V
Appointment
Article
10:
After the permanent appointment to a cadre of
Administrative Secretary, such Administrative Secretary may be appointed to any
vacant positions consistent with their ranks as stated in Article 5 above by
Prakas of the Ministry of Interior pursuant to the formality determined by
Article 28 of the Royal Kram No. 02/NS/94 of July 20, 1994 promulgating the Law
on the Organization and Functioning of the Council of Ministers.
CHAPTER VI
Promotion of Rank and Title
Article
11:
Officials of Administrative Secretary cadre of
the Ministry of Interior shall be promoted according to conditions stipulated
in Article 20 and subsequent Articles of the Co-statute of Civil Servants.
The basic qualification which shall be taken
into account for promotion shall be as follows:
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Proper respect for disciplines;
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Adherence to responsibility;
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Successfully completed his/her assignments; and
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Good morals.
The promotion of civil
servants to such positions shall be based on a proportion of three-fourths (¾)
selection and one-fourth (¼) by seniority.
Article 12:
Under the promotion
principles, a title shall be promoted to an initial grade of the next higher
salary index or in case of emergency to the grade consistent with a higher
salary index which is superior to his/her previous index.
Promotions shall be
correspondent with the vacancies of such titles and be done in accordance with
records in the promotion book or through the competitive examination and
maintaining the following percentages:
- Director
of Administrative Secretary = 5%;
- Principal
Administrative Secretary = 25%;
- Administrative
Secretary = 70%.
The promotion of grade
and rank shall be done by Prakas of the Ministry of Interior.
Article 13:
An official who has
reached grade 11 of the Administrative Secretary may be promoted to Principal
Administrative Secretary. An official who has reached grade 7 of Principal
Administrative Secretary may be promoted to Director of Administrative
Secretary.
Article 14:
The salary index for each title of Administrative Secretary
and a unit value index and other remuneration shall be determined by a separate
Reach Kret.
CHAPTER VII
Special Provisions
Article 15:
Officials
of the Administrative Secretary who holds a Baccalaureate II plus two years of
studies at secondary institution shall be automatically promoted to one higher
grade.
Article 16:
Administrative
Secretary cadre shall be retired at the age of 55 years. Such retirement shall
be determined by Prakas of the Ministry of Interior.
CHAPTER
VIII
Transitional
Provisions
Article 17:
The initial number of
cadre of Administrative Secretary of the Ministry of Interior shall be
constituted from the reintegration of current in-post civil servants and actual
positions in the central and provincial or municipal administration.
CHAPTER IX
Final Provision
Article 18:
Any provisions which
are contrary to this Royal Decree shall be abrogated.
Article 19:
The Prime Minister of
the Royal Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia shall implement this Royal
Decree from the date of signature.
Article 20: This Reach Kret shall
be effective from the date of signature.
Made in Phnom Penh, May 19, 2000
Norodom Sihanouk
Having
submitted to the King for signature.
Prime Minister: Hun Sen
Having submitted to Samdech Prime Minister for
signature
Co-Ministers of
Interior: Sar Kheng You Hokry