¹ [259. Provisions as to certain persons serving in or before 1924

(1) The salary and allowances of any person who was ap- pointed before the first day of April, nineteen hundred and twenty four, otherwise than by the Secretary of Stale in Council, to a service or a post which at any time between that date and thecoming into operation of this Part of this Act was classified as a superiorservice or post shall be charged, if he is serving in connection with the affairsof the Federation, on the revenues of the Federation and, if he is servingin connection with the affairs of a Province, on the revenues of that Pro-vince:

Provided that, if any such person as aforesaid is serving in connection with the railways in India, so much only of his salary and allowances shall be charged on the revenues of the Federation as is not paid out of the railway fund.

(2) Any pension payable to or in respect of a person appointed as aforesaid, and any government contributions to any provident fund or pensions fund in respect of any such person, shall be charged on the revenues of the Federation.

(3) The provisions of the last preceding sub-section shall also apply in relation to persons who retired before the first day of April, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and before they retired belonged to services or held posts which were as from the said date classified as superior services or posts, or which are declared by the Secretary of State to have been services or post equivalent in character to services or posts so classified.

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1. Omitted, by the India (Provisional Constitution) Order, 1947.