Cap. 646 Art. 32Status of public officers detailed for duty with the Authority.      Cap. 93. Cap. 58.

(1) Any public officer detailed for duty with the

Authority in accordance with article 31 shall be under the administrative authority and control of the Authority during the time that such direction is in force but shall for other intents and purposes remain and be considered and treated as a public officer.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, a public officer detailed for duty:

(a) shall not during the time while such public officer 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 with the Government held by that public officer at a date on which he was detailed for duty; or

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

(b) shall be entitled to have the service with the

Authority considered as service with the Government for the purpose of any pension, gratuity or benefit under the Pensions

Ordinance and the Widows’ and Orphans’ Pension Act, and of any other right or privilege to which such public officer would be entitled, and shall be liable to any liability to which he would be liable, but for the fact that he is detailed for duty with the Authority.

(3) Where an application is made as provided in terms of sub-article (2)(a)(i), the same consideration shall be given thereto as if the public officer had not been detailed for duty with the Authority.

(4) The Authority shall pay to the Government 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 a public officer detailed for duty with the Authority during the period in which such public officer is so detailed.