Section 55, The Rural Area (2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1950, or

The Governor may, subject to such conditions as he mayimpose, approve of the appointment of any officer in the service of the Government of Sierra Leone to any office under a local authority: Provided that, as respects pension and other rights as an officer of the Government, such officer shall be deemed to be in the service of the Government whilst so employed: Provided further that, whenever any pension, gratuity, or retiring allowance, is granted to any such officer, the local authority shall, if so required, pay to the Government an annual or lump sum, as the case may be, which shall bear the same proportion to such pension, gratuity, or retiring allowance as the period during which such officer has been in the employment of the local authority bears to his total pensionable service under the Government.