60 (a) to act as the principal legal adviser to the Government; (b) to represent the Government in civil and constitutional proceedings; (c) to draft legislation on behalf of the Government; (d) to promote, protect and uphold the rule of law and to defend the public interest; and (e) to exercise any other functions that may be assigned to the Attorney-General by an Act of Parliament; and the Attorney-General may exercise those functions in person or through subordinate officers acting under the Attorney-General’s general or specific instructions. (5) The Attorney-General may— (a) attend Cabinet meetings, but has no vote; (b) sit and speak in the Senate and the National Assembly, but has no vote; and (c) with the leave of the court concerned, appear as a friend of the court in any civil proceedings to which the Government is not a party. 5.28 Removal from office of Attorney-General The President may at any time remove the Attorney-General from office.

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