8. Sections 32 and 39 of the Act in reference to the redemption of service apply, with the necessary modifications, to an employee who, during an absence, was a member of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan and had the employee not been absent, would have held a position designated in the Schedule.
The employee may, pursuant to the second, third and fourth paragraphs of section 143.4 of the Act, have the years and parts of a year that were not credited because of the second paragraph of section 39 of the Act, as that paragraph read before 1 January 2005, credited as regards a redemption under section 6 of the Regulation respecting the designation of classes or subclasses of employees and the determination of special provisions applicable to employees of the Institut Pinel (O.C. 1443-92, 92-09-30).