Cap. 605 Art. 51Status of public officers detailed for duty with an entity.     Cap. 93. Cap. 58.

(1) The Prime Minister may, at the request of any entity made with the concurrence of the Minister, from time to time direct that any public officer be detailed for duty with an entity in such capacity and with effect from such date and for such duration as may be specified in the Prime Minister’s direction.

(2) The period during which an order, as here-before mentioned, shall apply in regard of an officer specified therein, unless the officer retires from public service or otherwise does not remain in office as from an earlier date, shall be such as may be specified in the order, unless such order is previously revoked by the Prime Minister.

(3) Where any officer is detailed for duty with an entity according to the provisions of this article, such officer shall, during the time in which such direction has effect in relation to him, be under the administrative authority and control of the entity, but he shall for other intents and purposes remain and be considered and treated as a public officer.

(4) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, an officer detailed for duty as aforesaid -

(a) shall not during the time in respect of which he is so detailed -

(i) be precluded from applying for a transfer to a department of the Government in accordance with the terms and conditions of service attached to the appointment under the Government held by him at a date on which he is so detailed for duty; or

(ii) be so employed that his remuneration and conditions of service are less favourable than those which are attached to the appointment under the Government held by him at the date aforesaid or which would have become attached to such appointment, during the said period, had such officer not been detailed for duty with the entity; and

(b) shall be entitled to have his service with the entity considered as service with the Government for the purposes of any pension, gratuity, or benefit under the Pensions Ordinance and the Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions Act and of any other right or privilege to which he would be entitled, and liable to any liability to which he would be liable, but for the fact of his being detailed for duty with an entity.

(5) Where an application is made as provided in sub-article (4)(a)(i), the same consideration shall be given thereto as if the applicant had not been detailed for service with the entity.

(6) The entity shall pay to the Government, where applicable, such contributions as may from time to time be determined by the Minister responsible for finance in respect of the cost of pensions and gratuities earned by an officer detailed for duty with the entity as aforesaid during the period in which he is so detailed.