Senior Officers responsible for acts of junior Officers

A senior Officer authorized to issue instructions to a junior Officer and to compel his obedience shall be prima facie responsible for any act or omission on the part of the junior Officer performed during and in the course of his (the junior National Assembly Staff 47 Officer’s) employment. He shall be liable for appropriate punishment for any dereliction of duty on the part of the junior Officer working under his control or supervision, unless it can be shown that such act or omission arose through no neglect or fault on the part of the senior Officer and that all proper and adequate steps were taken to prevent the occurrence.