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Local Government Service Law (No. 16 of 1974) - Sect 2

Constitution of Local Government Service and provisions relating to members of that service

2.
(1) A service to be called and known as the Local Government Service (hereinafter referred to as " the service ") is hereby constituted.
(2) The service shall consist of all monthly paid officers and servants of Municipal Councils, Urban Councils, Town Councils and Village Councils other than the officers and servants whose posts are specified in the Schedule hereto.
(3) Every person who was, on the day immediately preceding the date of commencement of this Law, a member of the Local Government Service constituted by the repealed Act shall, with effect from such date, be deemed to be a member of the service constituted under this Law.
(4) Every member of the service shall be deemed to be a state officer within the meaning and for the purposes of the Penal Code.
(5) Every member of the service shall be deemed to be a state officer within the meaning and for the purposes of the Public Servants (Liabilities) Ordinance.

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