14. The following provisions shall apply to and in relation to any officer of the Railways Authority who became such an officer on the appointed date by virtue of the operation of the provisions of section 13
| (a) such officer shall be employed by the Railways Authority on such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by such officer and the Railways Authority: |
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| (b) if on the appointed date, such officer was a public officer of the Railways Department holding a post declared to be pensionable and who had less than ten and not less than eight years' pensionable service, then
| | (i) he shall be deemed, for the purposes only of the Minutes on Pensions, to be holding the post in the Railways Department that he held on the day preceding the appointed date until such period of time as, when added to his pensionable service under the Government, makes an aggregate of ten years pensionable service (service under the Railways Authority being counted as pensionable service under the Government for the computation of such aggregate) ; | | |
| | (ii) in respect of him the Railways Authority shall pay out of the funds of the Railways Authority | | |
| | (iii) at the end of the period referred to in sub-paragraph (i) he shall be deemed to have retired from the public service 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 the termination of such period; and | | |
| | (iv) any officer of the Railways Authority who becomes eligible for a pension under this paragraph shall not be eligible for an award under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section. 13 ; | | |
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| (c) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act or in any other written law, where a public officer of the Railways Department becomes an officer of the Railways Authority by virtue of the operation of the provisions of section 13;
| | (i) if such officer is eligible for a pension on the appointed date or later and elects to draw his full pension, he shall not be paid such pension during the period of his employment with the Railways Authority ; | | |
| | (ii) if such officer is eligible for a pension and elects to draw a gratuity in partial computation of one-fourth part of his pension in accordance with the provisions of section 2A (1) (i) of the Minutes on Pensions
| | | (a) such gratuity shall not be paid to him but shall be credited to his account in an approved provident fund of the Railways Authority ; |
| (b) the remaining three-fourths part of the pension payable to him under the said Minutes shall not be paid to him during the period of his employment with the Railways Authority ; |
| (c) for the purpose of computation of the period of " ten years from the date of his retirement" referred to in section 2A (1) (ii) of the said Minutes, the date of his retirement shall be deemed to be the last date of his employment with the Railways Authority ; |
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| | (iii) if such officer is eligible for a gratuity and not a pension under the Minutes on Pensions, such gratuity shall not be paid to him during the period of his employment with the Railways Authority but shall be credited to his account in an approved provident fund of the Railways Authority; and | | |
| | (iv) if such officer is eligible for the receipt of any sum of money under the Public Service Provident Fund Ordinance, such sum shall not be paid to him during the period of his employment with the Railways Authority but shall be credited to his account in an approved provident fund of the Railways Authority. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts