12. The Government, upon the recommendation of the incumbent minister of any department, may add to the effective years of service of any person mentioned in section 1 but to whom the second paragraph of section 7 does not apply, such further number of years, not exceeding ten, as it may be considered equitable to grant him.
Such additional number of years shall be taken as part of the term of service on which the superannuation allowance of such officer or employee shall be computed.
R. S. 1964, c. 14, s. 8; 1968, c. 13, s. 4; 1978, c. 15, s. 140.