Procedure for enlistment.
Age for Enlistmenl
Term of service and re- engagement.
Appointment
and promotion
of officers.
10. (1) An applicant for enlistment shall--
(a) be medically examined by a Government medical officer or a medical practitioner approved by the Commanding Officer:
(b) sign such forms as the Commanding Officer may require;
and
(c) furnish such personnal references as the Governor may
require.
(2) A person shall be enlisted as a recruit notwithstanding that he has previously served as an officer or member;
Provided that this paragraph shall not apply if a person is re-engaged for a further term within six months of the expiry of his previous term of service.
11. (1) Only persons over the age of seventeco and under the age of forty-five may be enlisted in the Force.
(2) A young person who has attained the age of seventeen may be enlisted in the Force if consent to the enlistment. in such form as the Commanding Officer may require, is given ja writing by the parent or guardian of the young person.
(3) A young person enlisted under subsection (2) shall be regarded as a man for all purposes of the Ordinance.
(4) The Governor may alter the ages specified in subsection (1) either generally or in any particular case.
12. (1) The term of service of a volunteer shall be four years.
(2) A volunteer may apply to the Commanding Officer for re-engagement in the Force.
(3) A volunteer who applies for re-engagement may be required by the Commanding Officer-
(a) to sign a declaration in such form as the Commanding
Officer may specify; and
(b) to be medically examined.
(4) Re-engagement may be for a term not exceeding four years at the discretion of the Commanding Officer.
(5) A volunteer who is in receipt of a pension under section 15 of the Ordinance shall not be re-engaged.
13. (1) The appointment or promotion of an officer (which shall be notified in the Gazette) shall be by the Governor.
(2) A recommendation for the appointment or promotion or an officer to substantive, temporary or acting rank shall be sub- mitted by the Commanding Officer to the Governor.
14. (1) Aa application for resignation of his commission by an officer shall be sent to the Commanding Officer, who shall forward it to the Governor; and the Governor may, in his discre- tion, permit the officer to resign his commission.
(2) An officer who is permitted to resign his commission, or who retires from service under regulation 15, shall remain on the strength of the Force until the day before the date of his resigna- tion or retirement as published in the Gazette.
15. (1) Subject to these regulations or unless the Governor otherwise directs, an officer shall retire at-
(a) fifty years, if a wing commander; and
(b) forty-five years if an officer below the rank of wing
commander.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Commanding Officer may extend the service of any officer for a period of not more than two years after the age of retirement specified therein.
(3) An officer, other than an officer seconded from Her Majesty's regular forces, who retires after ten years' commissioned service may, on the recommendation of the Commanding Officer, be granted-
(a) an honorary rank equivalent to his substantive rank al
the date of his retirement; and
(b) the privilege of wearing the uniform of such rank within the Commonwealth on such State or other ceremonial occasions as may be specified by the Governor.
Resignation of commission.
Retirement of officers.
16. (1) Subject to these regulations, a member shall be dis- Discharge of charged at
(4) fifty-five years, if a warrant officer (class I); and
(B) fifty years, if a warrant officer (class II), non-commis-
sioned officer or airman.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Commanding Officer may extend the service of any member for a period of not more than five years after the age of discharge specified therein.
(3) Any member, other than a member seconded from Her Majesty's regular forces, who has held the rank of sergeant or
members.
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