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United Nations — Treaty Series
1970
ANNEX I
FORM OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AGREEMENT IN RESPECT OF SINGAPORE
Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of the one part and the Government of Malaysia having obtained the consent of the Government of Singapore to their entering into this Agreement in so far as its terms may affect the responsibilities or interests of the Government of Singapore, of the other part, have agreed as follows :—
Interpretation
1. (1) in this Agreement—
- (a) " the appointed day "means Malaysia Day;
- (b) "conditions of service" means the laws, rules, regulations, orders and other instruments that regulate the terms of service of an officer relating to his tenure of office, disciplinary control, salary (including salary scales), pensionable allowances and passages;
- (c) "officer" means an officer whose conditions of service before
the appointed day included an entitlement to free passages from Singapore to a country outside Malaysia for the purpose of leave of absence upon the completion of a tour of duty and who was before that day the substantive holder of a pensionable office in the Public Service of Singapore, being a person—
- (i) who was selected for or offered appointment to the Public Service of Singapore by a Secretary of State; or
- (ii) whose appointment to the Public Service of Singapore was approved by a Secretary of State; or
- (iii) who had entered into an agreement with the Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations to serve in the Public Service of Singapore; or
- (iv) who (although not an officer falling within heads (i), (ii) or (iii) of this sub-paragraph) is or has been a member of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service or Her Majesty's Overseas Judiciary, or has been a member of a former Colonial Unified Service, or is or was a designated officer for the purposes of the Overseas Service (Singapore) Agreement 1961.
- (d) "pension" means any pension, gratuity, compensation and interest thereon, retiring allowance or other like benefit payable by the Government of Malaysia or by the Government of Singapore to or in respect of any officer or to the widow or child of any officer or their legal personal representatives, including any increase of pension, and any contributions
