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bruneilawsby aturio
In force1984 Revised Edition
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Part 3

22. Validity of attestation on enlistment

(1)

Where an eligible person or an eligible young person has signed the declaration contained in the prescribed attestation paper and has thereafter received pay as a soldier of the Armed Forces or a man of the

Reserve Regiment, as the case may be —

(a)

the validity of his enlistment shall not be called in question on the ground of any error or omission in his attestation paper;

(b)

if within 3 months from the date on which he signed the declaration he, or any other person whose consent to the enlistment of such eligible person is required under this Act, claims to the

Commander or any person authorised by the Commander in that behalf that the enlistment of such eligible person or eligible young person is invalid by reason of any non-compliance with any provision of this Act or any regulation made thereunder as to enlistment or attestation or on any other ground whatsoever (not being error or omission in his attestation paper) on which, apart from this subsection, the validity of such enlistment could have been called in question, the claim shall be investigated by the competent authority, and if the claim is well founded the competent authority shall cause such eligible person or eligible young person to be discharged with all convenient speed;

(c)

subject to the provisions of paragraph (b), he is deemed as from the expiration of the 3 months to have been validly enlisted notwithstanding any such non-compliance or other grounds as referred to in paragraph (b);

(d)

notwithstanding any such non-compliance or such other grounds or the making of a claim under paragraph (b), he is deemed to be a soldier of the Armed Forces or a man of the Reserve

Regiment, as the case may be, until his discharge.

(2)

Where an eligible person or eligible young person has received pay as a soldier of the Armed Forces or a man of the Reserve Regiment but has not signed the declaration contained in the prescribed attestation paper, he is deemed to be such a soldier or a man until his discharge:

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Provided that he may claim his discharge at any time and, if he does so, the claim shall be submitted as soon as possible to the competent authority who shall cause him to be discharged with all convenient speed.

(3)

Nothing in the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) shall be construed as prejudicing the determination of any question as to the term for which an eligible person or eligible young person was enlisted or as preventing the discharge of such a person who has not claimed his discharge.

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