Section 22

As from 1 April 2001, such persons or categories of persons as the Minister may determine who, immediately before that date, were employed by the Government in the Government department known as the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore or the Copyright Tribunal must be transferred to the service of the Office on terms no less favourable than those enjoyed by them immediately prior to their transfer.

If any question arises as to whether any person or any category of persons has been transferred to the service of the Office under subsection (1), a certificate under the hand of the Minister is conclusive evidence that the person or category of persons was or was not so transferred.

Until such time as terms and conditions of service are drawn up by the Office, the scheme and terms and conditions of service in the Government continue to apply to every person transferred to the service of the Office under subsection (1) as if the person were still in the service of the Government.

Despite the provisions of the Pensions Act 1956, no person who is transferred to the service of the Office under this section is entitled to claim any benefit under that Act on the ground that the person has been retired from the public service on account of abolition or reorganisation of office in consequence of the incorporation of the Office.