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Repeal of section 16 (2) (c) of the Commissioners Act.
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2.—(1) Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 16 of the Commissioners Act, which empowers the Civil Service Commissioners to provide in regulations under that section for competitions for appointment to positions in the Civil Service that a female candidate to be eligible for selection shall be unmarried or a widow, is hereby repealed.
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(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to a competition in respect of which—
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(a) the date, fixed by the relevant regulations for the purpose of the receipt of applications, is earlier than the commencement of this Act,
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(b) the selection of candidates for appointment under section 17 of the Commissioners Act is not at such commencement completed, and
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(c) the relevant regulations provide that to be eligible for selection a female candidate shall be unmarried or a widow.
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(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section or section 17 (2) (b) of the Commissioners Act, a female candidate at a competition referred to in subsection (2) of this section who marries between the date fixed by the relevant regulations for the purpose of the receipt of applications and the completion of the selection of candidates for appointment shall not, by reason only of her marriage, be ineligible for such selection.
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(4) If any question arises under this Act as to whether the selection of candidates for appointment is or is not completed the question shall be decided by the Civil Service Commissioners, whose decision shall be final.
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