39. Any person employed by the corporation may apply for a transfer to a position in the public service or enter a competition for promotion in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1) if, on the date of the transfer of all or part of an administrative unit of a Government department to the corporation, he was a public servant with permanent tenure of a Government department in the administrative unit transferred to the corporation and if his appointment to the corporation has occurred within six months following the transfer of the administrative unit to which he belonged.