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clearly obtaining a qualification in
order to enable him to obtain other
employment when he leaves the Service
(and such cases are extremely rare)
it may be generally considered that
the grant of study leave is, in fact,
to the Government's advantage. If,
for example, an officer takes a course
of study which advances his chance of
promotion, it must also be remembered
that the Government, on the other hand,
is likely to obtain an officer better
qualified to fill the post.
3. As a definite ruling is now in
force as to the scope of the agreement
to be signed (see Sir Cecil Clementi's
despatch of 5th April 1929) it would
appear more satisfactory to incorporate
such conditions in the regulations
rather than to leave them indefinite.
& travelling Expenses, Fees for example, are now regarded as
not
a repayable advance and both 143 and
143 would require amendment in this
respect.
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4.