Section 1: Provisions as to transfer of officers to the public service of the Federation.

(1) Subject to this Act, on or after the appointed day, the Federal Civil Service Commission (in this Act hereinafter referred to as "the Commission") may transfer any officer in the public service of a State to the public service of the Federation.
(2) The power conferred on the Commission by subsection (1) of this section shall be without prejudice to the provisions of any other enactment, but, subject to this Act, shall at all times be or be deemed to have been exercisable by the Commission, whether or not before the appointed day the officer concerned had been assigned for a period or periods (by an authority having power to do so) to perform duties in an office in the service or employment of any authority approved by the Commission.