21. Forfeiture of service for desertion and restoration of forfeited service

Where a soldier is convicted of desertion by court-martial, the period of his service in regard of which he is convicted of having been a deserter shall be forfeited.

Where any of a soldier’s service is forfeited, the provisions of this Part (except those relating to discharge by purchase) shall apply to him and he shall be liable to serve, in like manner as if the appropriate date were the date of his attestation and he had, on the appropriate date, been duly enlisted to serve for the like term (both as respects duration and as respects liability to serve in the Armed Forces and any liability to serve in the Reserve

In subsection (2), “the appropriate date” means in relation to any person a date earlier than the date of his conviction for desertion by the length of his service which is not forfeited.

His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan* may by regulations make provision for the restoration in whole or in part of any forfeited service to a soldier in consideration of good service or on other grounds justifying the restoration of service forfeited.

Where service of any description is restored to a person under the provisions of this section while such person is in service in the Armed