53. The following shall be fixed by regulation of the Commission:(a) working hours for each branch of the civil service, and the methods to be employed therein for recording the attendance of the employees;
(b) the period of leave of absence to be granted to functionaries and workmen and the conditions upon which they shall be entitled thereto.
A deputy-head, functionary or workman who resigns during a federal or provincial election in order to be a candidate thereat shall be entitled, within eight days after the day when another candidate is proclaimed elected, to resume his position, and he shall then be deemed to have had leave of absence without salary during the interval.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 14, s. 52; 1969, c. 14, s. 34.