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“transferred loan” means any moneys lent to the Corporation by the State, the liability to
repay which vests in the appropriate successor company by virtue of subsection (2) of
section one hundred and eight.
(2) The appropriate successor company, if directed to do so by the Minister, shall issue such
securities as the Minister may require⎯
(a) to the Minister or a person nominated by the Minister; or
(b) to any person entitled to require the issue of the securities following their initial
allotment to a person referred to in paragraph (a);
up to an amount equal to the amount of any transferred loan.
(3) The issue of securities in terms of subsection (2) shall have the effect of extinguishing by
novation the transferred loan in respect of which the securities were issued, up to the nominal
value of the securities.
(4) Subsections (2) to (5) of section one hundred and eight shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to
the issue of securities under this section and to the rights of holders of such securities.
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Transfer of employees to successor company and Authority and
conditions of service of transferred employees
(1) In this section⎯
“excepted employee” means an employee of the Corporation referred to in subsection (3).
(2) With effect from the transfer date every person, other than an excepted employee,
employed by the Corporation immediately before that date shall be transferred to the service of
the appropriate successor company on terms not less favourable than those enjoyed by him
immediately prior to his transfer.
(3) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after the fixed date but not later than the
transfer date, determine who among the employees of the Corporation employed in the department
known as the “frequency management unit” are necessary for the performance of the functions of
the Authority under this Act, and direct the Corporation or appropriate successor company, as the
case may be, to notify each such employee in writing accordingly.
(4) Until such time as conditions of service are drawn up by the appropriate successor
company and the Authority, as the case may be⎯
(a) the terms and conditions of service applicable to employees of the Corporation shall
continue to apply to every person transferred to the appropriate successor company as if
every such person were still in the service of the Corporation; and
(b) every excepted employee shall, with effect from the transfer date, be transferred on
terms not less favourable than those enjoyed by him immediately prior to his transfer.
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Minister may give directions to Corporation
(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Posts and Telecommunications
Corporation Act [Chapter 12:03], the Minister may give the Board of the Corporation directions
in writing in order to ensure the proper transfer of the assets and liabilities of the Corporation to
the appropriate successor company, and the Board shall without delay comply with every such
direction.
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