17. Definition of service

Terms defined in s 2

• officer on the Malayan Establishment

  officer on the Malayan Establishment

  Defined · s 2

  “officer on the Malayan Establishment” means an officer whom the President has by notification in the Gazette declared to be on the Malayan Establishment;

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• public servant

  public servant

  Defined · s 2

  “public servant” means an officer holding a pensionable office or an officer serving on probation or on agreement in a pensionable office, in the service of the Government, but does not include an officer —(a)who is not restricted by law to one wife at a time;(b)who, on or after 2 March 1961 —(i)is appointed to a pensionable office; or(ii)is appointed to a pensionable office on probation or on agreement, in the service of the Government;(c)who is transferred to the service of the Government under section 9 of the Local Government Integration Act or section 5 of the Planning Act 1998; or(d)in the service of the Government before 2 March 1961 who becomes restricted by law to one wife at a time on or after 1 April 1965, unless, within one month from the date he becomes so restricted, he gives notice in writing to the Directors of his desire to become a contributor, whereupon the provisions of this Act shall apply to him from the date of such notice.

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