(1) For the purpose of this paragraph, when calculating the period of employment, the total period of employment after being permanently appointed to a position in the service (if it is broken in between, then the broken period shall be deducted).
(2) Notwithstanding anything written in sub-rule (1), if a person who has retired from service and received gratuity for any reason is reinstated in the police service, he will be reinstated in his previous job only if he returns the amount of gratuity he received earlier.