(a) Every public officer of the Aquaculture Development Division of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (in this Part of this Act referred to as "the Division") not being any such officer in a transferable service of the Government shall, after the date on which this Act is passed by Parliament but before the appointed date, give notice in writing to the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister in charge of the subject of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development that such officer intends, on the appointed date-
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| (i) to retire from the public service and become an employee of the Authority if, being a pensionable officer of the Division, he would on that date have had not less than ten years pensionable service ; or | | |
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| (ii) to leave the public service and become an employee of the Authority if, being a pensionable officer of the Division, he would on that date have less than ten years pensionable service ; | | |
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| (iii) to leave the public service and become an employee of the Authority if he is a contributor to the Public Service Provident Fund established under the Public Service Provident Fund Ordinance ; or | | |
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| (iv) to both retire or leave the public service and not become an employee of the Authority. | | |
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