S.L. 411.4 ст. 4Service to be unbroken.

The service in respect of which a pension may be granted must be unbroken, except in cases where service has been interrupted by abolition of office or other temporary suspension of employment, and not arising from misconduct or voluntary resignation: Provided that any service prior to a break of service may be allowed to count for pension together with any service subsequent to such break:

(a) if the whole intervening period has been spent in some other employment in the service of the Republic of Malta; or

(b) in the case where such officer, having resigned from the Force, is subsequently recalled in the Force with the approval of the Prime Minister on account of the exigencies of the Force, and such recall is certified by the Prime Minister.