(1) Any public officer of the Division who gives notice under sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) or (iii) or (iv) of paragraph (a) of section 16 before the appointed date shall-
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| (a) where such notice is given by him under sub-paragraph (i) of that paragraph, become an employee of the Authority from and after the appointed date and shall, subject to the provisions of section 19, be eligible for such a pension under the Minutes on Pensions as would have been awarded to him had he retired from the public service on the ground of abolition of office on that date ; or | | |
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| (b) where such notice is give by him under sub-paragraph (ii) of that paragraph, become an employee of the Authority from and after the appointed date and shall, subject to the provisions of section 19, be deemed to have left the public service on that date and shall be eligible for such an award under the Minutes on Pensions as would have been awarded to him if he had left the public service on the ground of abolition of office on that date ; or | | |
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| (c) where such notice is given by him under sub-paragraph (iii) of that paragraph, become an employee of the Authority from and after the appointed date and shall be deemed for the purposes of the Public Service Provident Fund to have left the service of the Government upon the determination of a contract with the consent of the Government otherwise than by dismissal on that date; or | | |
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| (d) where such notice is given by him under sub-paragraph (iv) of that paragraph, and-
| | | (i) if he is a public officer of the class or description referred to in sub-paragraph (i) of that paragraph, be deemed to have retired from the public-service on the appointed date and shall be eligible for such pension under the Minutes on Pensions as would have been awarded to him had he retired from the public service on the ground of abolition of office on that date ; |
| (ii) if he is a public officer of the class of description referred to in sub-paragraph (ii) of that paragraph, be deemed to have left the public service on the appointed date and shall be eligible for such an award under the Minutes on Pensions as would have been awarded to him if he had left the public service on the ground of abolition of office on that date ; or |
| (iii) if he is a public officer of the class or description referred to in sub-paragraph (iii) of that paragraph, be deemed for the purposes of the Public Service Provident Fund Ordinance to have left the service of the Government otherwise than by dismissal on that date. |
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