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| (1) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this section, the Council may appoint for the purposes of this Law, such officers and servants as it may deem necessary. |
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| (2) At the request of the Council any officer in the State service may, with the consent of that officer and of the Secretary to the Ministry in charge of the subject of Public Administration, be temporarily appointed to the staff of the Council for such period as may be determined by the Council with like consent, or be permanently appointed to such staff. |
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| (3) The provisions of subsection (2) of section 9 of the Motor Transport Act, No. 48 of 1957, shall, mutatis mutandis, apply in relation to any officer in the state service who is temporarily appointed to the staff of the Council, and the provisions of subsection (3) of the aforesaid section 9 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply in relation to any officer in the state service who is permanently appointed to such staff. |
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| (4) Where the Council employs any person who has entered into a contract with the Government by which he has agreed to serve the Government for a specified period, any period of service to the Council by that person shall be regarded as service to the Government for the purpose of discharging the obligations of such contract. |
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| (5) At the request of the Council any member of the Local Government Service or any officer or servant of any local authority may, with the consent of such member, officer or servant and the Local Government Service Commission or that authority, as the case may be, be temporarily appointed to the staff of the Council for such period as may be determined by the Council with like consent, or be permanently appointed to such staff, on such terms and conditions including those relating to pension or provident fund rights as may be agreed upon by the Council and that Commission or authority. |
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| (6) Where any member of the Local Government Service or any officer or servant of any local authority is temporarily appointed to the staff of the Council, he shall be subject to the same disciplinary control as any other member of such staff. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts