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| (1) A graduate subject to compulsory public service who, while he is so subject, is duly appointed to any appropriate office in the public service shall be under an obligation-
| | (a) to accept that appointment; | | |
| | (b) to commence to serve in that office on the date on which his appointment is due to take effect; and | | |
| | (c) subject to the provisions of section 12 and sub-section (3) of this section, to continue to serve in that office, or in any other subsequent appropriate office in the public service to which he may be duly transferred or appointed, until the date on which his appointment or subsequent appointment to the service is due to expire (not being a date later than a period of five years after the date on which such person became subject to such service), or until the date on which his appointment to such service is duly terminated, whichever date is earlier. | | |
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| (2) A graduate on whom an obligation is imposed by subsection (1) of this section to accept any appointment to any appropriate office in the public service, and to commence to serve in that office, shall, if such graduate is unable to discharge that obligation by reason of his having been declared to be medically unfit to do so after a duly conducted medical examination, be deemed to be exempted from the liability to discharge that obligation. |
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| (3) A graduate who, while he is discharging the obligation imposed on him by subsection (1) of this section to continue to serve in any appropriate office in the public service, is granted permission to pursue a course of technical education in any institution outside Ceylon for any period, shall be under an obligation at the end of that period to recommence service in that office, or any other appropriate office in such service to which he may be duly transferred, and to continue to serve in that office or such other office for that period, and accordingly the date on which his appointment to such service is due to expire shall be reckoned by reference to the period on which it would have expired but for the period during which he pursued such course increased by the period during which he pursued such course. |
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| (4) A graduate on whom an obligation is imposed by subsection (1) of this section to continue to serve in any appropriate office in the public service shall, if he does not continue in that office for any period during which he is pursuing a course of technical education in any institution outside Ceylon with the prior permission of the person or authority entitled to grant such permission, be deemed to be exempted from the liability to discharge such obligation during that period. The preceding provisions of this subsection shall not be deemed or construed to affect or prejudice the operation of the provisions of subsection (3) of this section. |
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| (5) Any graduate who fails to discharge the obligation imposed on him by subsection (1) or subsection (3) of this section shall, unless he is a graduate deemed to be exempted from the liability to discharge that obligation, be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred and fifty rupees for every day during which such failure continues. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts