9.-(1) This paragraph applies—
Retirement
to facilitate
(a) to any officer in the public service who has been declared by the constitu- appropriate Service Commission to be an officer required before the tional operative date to retire to facilitate the reconstitution of the changes. Government; and
(b) to any entitled officer who is declared by the appropriate Service Commission to be an officer required to relinquish the duties of his office and thereafter to retire in order to facilitate the introduc- tion of constitutional changes.
(2) An officer to whom this paragraph applies shall retire at the expiration of the period of leave of absence for which he is eligible:
Provided that if the period of leave of absence on full pensionable emoluments for which he is eligible is less than six months he shall be granted such additional leave on full pensionable emoluments as will bring the aggregate period of such leave of absence up to six months and shall retire at the expiration of that additional leave of absence.
(3) (a) An officer to whom sub-paragraph (1)(a) of this paragraph applies shall not be entitled to compensation under paragraph 2 of this Schedule but shall (except in the case of an officer to whom paragraph 16 of this Schedule applies) be entitled to and shall as soon as reason- ably practicable be paid compensation equal to the amount he would be entitled to if he were entitled to compensation under that paragraph; and
(b) the compensation of an entitled officer to whom sub-paragraph (1)(b) of this paragraph applies and to whom paragraph 16 of this Schedule does not apply shall as soon as reasonably practicable be finally assesed and paid to him;
Provided that, for the purposes of calculating the compensation to which an officer to whom this paragraph applies is entitled, the date to be taken for calculation shall be such date (not being earlier than the operative date or, in the case of an officer who was, before the operative date, notified that he would be required to retire, the date on which he was so notified or later than the date of the expiration of his leave of absence pending retirement) as is most advantageous to the officer.
(4) An officer to whom this paragraph applies shall as soon as reasonably practicable be paid a disturbance grant equal to one-quarter of his annual pensionable emoluments at his retirement.
(5) An officer to whom this paragraph applies shall be provided with such passages and baggage facilities as an officer of similar status is entitled to under General Orders when retiring from the public service having attained the age of fifty-five years and having completed a final tour of residential service.
(6) The provisions of paragraphs 5, 11, 12, 15 and 16 of this Schedule shall apply to an officer to whom sub-paragraph (1)(a) of this para- graph applies as if that officer were an entitled officer.
10. (1) This paragraph" shall apply to an 'officer in the public Voluntary service who has before the operative date been given permission to retirement on retire from that public service by the appropriate Service Commission permission on the ground that his retirement will enable a qualified local candidate operative
given before
date.
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