Section 1
SECTION 1. Any provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, an official or employee who was separated from the service due to the abolition of an office by virtue of the new Constitution and whose leave of absence was commuted following said separation may be re-employed in the Government on a contractual basis without requiring him to refund the money value of the unexpired portion of the leave commuted. After the expiration of the period of the commuted leave, a regular appointment may be extended to the official or employee concerned for the position which he held on a contractual basis.