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Pensions 3 WHEREAS certain persons who were members of the public service were granted leave to transfer to the Belize Defence Force to assist in its formation; AND WHEREAS some of the persons who so transferred have chosen to revert to the public service and may, under the Pensions Act, do so without any break in their service but their service in the Belize Defence Force will not count as pensionable service under the said Act; AND WHEREAS by subsection (1) of section 2 of the Pensions Act, it is enacted that the Governor-General acting in accordance with the Public Services Commission may, determine any service to be public service for the purposes of that Act; AND WHEREAS by subsection (1) of section 134 of the Belize Constitution it is provided that subject to the provisions of 4 Pensions Chapter XI of the said Belize Constitution the existing laws shall be construed with such modifications adaptations qualifications and exceptions as may be necessary to bring them into conformity with the Belize Constitution. NOW THEREFORE I, Minita Elmira Gordon, Governor- General in the exercise of the powers vested in me by the Pensions Act read with the Belize Constitution do hereby determine and proclaim that the period served in the Belize Defence Force, by those public officers who were granted leave to transfer to the Belize Defence Force on or before 31st December, 1978, and who subsequently and during the continuation of the said leave reverted to the public service, shall be public service for the purposes of the Pensions Act.