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Where the Institute employs any person who has entered into a contract with the Government by which he has agreed to serve the Government for a specified period,

. any period of service to the Institute by that person shall be

Yegarded as service to the Government for the purpose of

‘discharging the obligations of such contract.

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14, (1). At the request of the Council any officer in the public service may, with the consent of that officer and ~

the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister in charge of the subject of Public . Administration be temporarily ap-pointed to the staff of the Institute for such period as may be determined by the Institute with like consent or with like consent be permanently appointed to such staff.

Where any officer in the public service is temporarily appointed to the staff of the. Institute, the ‘provisions of section 13(2) of the Transport Board Law, No. 19 of 1978, shail, mutatis mutandis, apply to and in relation to him.

Where any officer in the public service is permanently appointed to the staff of the Institute, the .provisions of section 13(3) of the Transport Board Law, No. 19: of 1978, shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to and in relation to him.

At the request of the Council, any officer, or servant of any Higher Educational Institution established under the