Royal Brunei Armed Forces Act · s 16

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16.
Discharge of soldiers
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, every soldier who becomes entitled to be discharged shall be discharged with all convenient speed in the prescribed manner, but until discharged, shall remain subject to military law.
(2) Where a soldier is, when entitled to be discharged, serving abroad, then —
(a) if he requires to be discharged in Brunei Darussalam, he shall be sent there free of cost with all convenient speed and shall be discharged on his arrival there or, if he consents to his discharge being delayed, within 6 months from his arrival; but
(b) if at his request he is discharged at the place where he is serving, he shall have no claim to be sent to Brunei Darussalam or elsewhere.
(3) Every soldier shall on his discharge be given a certificate of discharge containing such particulars as may be prescribed.
(4) A soldier who is discharged in Brunei Darussalam shall be entitled to be conveyed free of cost from the place where he is discharged to the place stated in his attestation paper to be the place where he was attested or to any place at which he intends to reside and to which he can be conveyed at no greater cost.

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s 16Discharge of soldiers

(1)

Subject to the provisions of this Act, every soldier who becomes entitled to be discharged shall be discharged with all convenient speed in the prescribed manner, but until discharged, shall remain subject to military law.

(2)

Where a soldier is, when entitled to be discharged, serving abroad, then —

(a)

if he requires to be discharged in Brunei Darussalam, he shall be sent there free of cost with all convenient speed and shall be discharged on his arrival there or, if he consents to his discharge being delayed, within 6 months from his arrival; but

(b)

if at his request he is discharged at the place where he is serving, he shall have no claim to be sent to Brunei Darussalam or elsewhere.

(3)

Every soldier shall on his discharge be given a certificate of discharge containing such particulars as may be prescribed.

(4)

A soldier who is discharged in Brunei Darussalam shall be entitled to be conveyed free of cost from the place where he is discharged to the place stated in his attestation paper to be the place where he was attested or to any place at which he intends to reside and to which he can be conveyed at no greater cost.