Section 9

Upon the commencement of this Act, every person in the employment of the City Council who is not deemed to have been transferred to the service of the Public Utilities Board under section 42 of the Public Utilities Act [Cap. 261] shall be deemed to be transferred to the service of the Government at the same rate of pay and, as near as may be, on the same conditions of service as those on which he was employed by the City Council:Provided that in respect of those persons whose appointment to the public service is required by the Constitution to be made by the Public Service Commission, their transfer shall be subject to the approval of the Commission.

The service under the City Council of every person transferred to the service of the Government under this section shall be deemed to have been service under the Government for the purposes and subject to the provisions of the Pensions Act [Cap. 225].