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selection of an officer to perform temporarily the duties of an office may be made.".

30. (1) Sections 53 to 54b (inclusive) of the Principal Act are repealed and the following sections and Subdivision are substituted:

Transfers or promotions to specified offices to be made in accordance with the order of passing examinations
"53. (1) Where—
     (a) a notification under paragraph 33a (1) (d) provides that it is a condition of promotion or transfer to an office included in a class of offices that an officer pass an examination held or authorized by the Board; and
     (b) there is a vacancy in an office included in that class of offices,
the Permanent Head of the Department in which the vacant office exists shall—
     (c) if only one officer has passed the examination specified in the notification and is otherwise eligible for transfer or promotion to that office—transfer or promote, under this section, that officer to that office; or
     (d) if 2 or more officers have passed the examination specified in that notification and are otherwise eligible for transfer or promotion to that office—transfer or promote those officers to that office, under this section, in accordance with the order of merit in which they passed the examination.
"(2) A person shall not be transferred or promoted to an office that is included in a class of offices in respect of which the Board has, under paragraph 33a (1) (d), issued a notification of the kind referred to in sub-section (1) unless the transfer or promotion is made under and in accordance with this section.
"(3) The promotion of an officer to an office under this section takes effect on the day on which the promotion is made, and salary at the rate applicable to that office is payable to the officer on and from that day.
"(4) A reference in this section to passing an examination shall be read as including a reference to completing satisfactorily any task required to be performed for the purposes of assessment.

Promotion of officers who complete courses of training for special positions
"53a. (1) The Board may, by notice in writing published in the Gazette, determine that—
     (a) a specified office (in this section referred to as a 'training office') is an office the occupant of which is required to undergo a course of training for the purpose of enabling him to perform duties that require professional, technical or other knowledge; and
     (b) an officer who has completed that course of training to the satisfaction of the Board is entitled to occupy an office (in this section referred to as the 'relevant higher office') having a designation and classification that is specified in the notice.