The Short Title of this Act is “The Civil Service Reform Act Amendment Act, 1887.”

Notwithstanding anything contained in "The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886" (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), the following provisions shall be and be deemed to have been in force from the time of the passing of the said Act:—

Warders of lunatic asylums and prison officers shall be deemed to be monthly servants, and any candidate for any such employment shall not be required to undergo any competitive examination that may be prescribed under the said Act, but in other respects the said Act shall apply to such warders and officers.

The appointment of a bailiff of a Resident Magistrate’s Court or police constable to the office of Clerk to a Resident Magistrate’s Court, to exercise the duties of such clerk in addition to his other duties, shall not be deemed to be an appointment to the Civil Service within the meaning of the said Act.

Nothing contained in section four of the said Act shall apply to persons seeking re-employment in the Civil Service after having held permanent offices therein, and left the same either voluntarily or otherwise through no fault of their own.

Nothing in the said Act shall be deemed to prevent the employment of any person or persons for any temporary service, at such rate of pay or other remuneration as the Minister in charge of the department in which such service is to be performed may from time to time determine. No person or persons so employed shall be deemed to be in the Civil Service within the meaning of the said Act or any other Act.