27. A public servant elected to an elective public office other than to that of Member of the National Assembly, is entitled throughout his first term, to partial or full leave without pay, for the purpose of carrying on his duties of office.
Where the public servant is granted full leave without pay, he ceases to be subject to this Act, except sections 29, 30 and 129 to 131. Throughout his tenure of the public office to which he was elected, he retains his classification on the day he was elected.