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(a) Every public officer of the National Institute of Fisheries Training of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (in this part referred to as " the NIFT ") not being any such officer as is 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-
| | (i) to retire from the public service and become an employee of the Institute, if being a pensionable officer of the NIFT he would, on that date have had not less than ten years, pensionable service ; or | | |
| | (ii) to leave the public service and become an employee of the Institute, if being a pensionable officer of the NIFT he would, on that date, have less than ten years' pensionable service ; or | | |
| | (iii) to leave the public service and become an employee of the Institute, if he is a contributor to the Public Service Provident Fund established under the Public Service Provident Fund Ordinance ; or | | |
| | (iv) to retire or leave the public service and not become an employee of the Institute. | | |
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(b) A notice given to the Secretary to the Minister in charge of the subject of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development before the appointed date by a public officer of the NIFT under paragraph (a), shall be final. |
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