2542
Right of volunteer to
quit corps on certain
conditions.
No. 2 of 1920.
VOLUNTEER.
5.-(1) Subject as hereinafter mentioned, any volunteer may, except on actual military service, quit his corps on complying with the following conditions:---
(a) giving to the administrative commandant of his corps fourteen days' notice in writing of his intention to quit the corps;
(b) delivering up in good order (fair wear and tear only excepted) all arms, clothing, and appointments, being public property or property of the corps, issued to him; and
(c) paying all money due or becoming due by him under this Ordinance or under any regulations made thereunder or under the rules of the corps, either before or at the time or by reason of his quitting it;
and thereupon he shall be struck out of the muster roll of the corps by the administrative commandant.
(2) If any volunteer gives such notice and the administrative commandant refuses to strike him out of the muster roll, and the volunteer considers himself aggrieved thereby, the volunteer may appeal to a magistrate, who shall hear and determine the appeal, and may, for the purposes thereof, administer oaths and examine any person as a witness, and, if it appears to the magistrate that the arms, clothing, and appointments issued to the volunteer, being public property or property of his corps, have been delivered up in good order (fair wear and tear only excepted), or that he has paid or is ready to pay sufficient compensation for any damages that such articles may have sustained, and that all moneys due or becoming due by him under this Ordinance or under any regulations made thereunder or under the rules of his corps, either before or at the time of or by reason of his quitting it, have been paid, the magistrate may order the administrative commandant forthwith to strike such volunteer out of the muster roll of his corps, and such determination shall be binding on all persons.
(3) Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, every volunteer shall be deemed to have engaged himself to serve for a period of three years from the date of his first admission to his corps, and if he quits, or is discharged from, the corps before the expiration of the first year of the said period he shall pay to the administrative commandant of his corps the sum of sixty dollars, if after the expiration of the first year and before the expiration of the second year