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:
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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;
-
Secretary of Commune or Sangkat office;
and
-
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