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| (1) Rules may be made-
| | (a) for the recruitment, appointment, promotion, transfer, resignation and retirement of members of the service; | | |
| | (b) for the filling of vacancies of the service; | | |
| | (c) for the dismissal, interdiction or punishment of members of the service; | | |
| | (d) generally for the maintenance of discipline in the service; | | |
| | (e) providing for the conditions and circumstances in which, and the restrictions subject to which, the employees of local authorities will be eligible for the grant of pensions and gratuities under the Local Government Service Pension Fund established under section 16, and the payments to be made to such employees under such Pension Fund; | | |
| | (f) providing for the conditions and circumstances in which, and the restrictions subject to which, widows and children of employees of local authorities will be eligible for the grant of pensions under the Local Government Service Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund established under section 17, the fixing of the contributions to be made to such Fund by the authority administering such Fund and employees of local authorities, the payments to be made from such Fund to such widows and children, the authorizing of contributions of such employees to be deducted from their salaries and the prescribing of the procedure for making such deductions; | | |
| | (g) prescribing the procedure for making deductions from the salaries of contributors to the Local Government Service Provident Fund established under section 18. | | |
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| (2) Any rule made under paragraph (e) or para- graph (f) of sub-section (1) shall, if so expressed, be deemed to have had effect from such date, prior to the date of the publication of the rule in the Gazette, as may be specified therein. |
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