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Status of unenlisted person in receipt of pay as a man.
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78.—(1) Where a person—
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(a) has accepted pay as a man of the Permanent Defence Force, and
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(b) has neither been attested nor re-engaged as a man of the Permanent Defence Force,
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the following provisions shall have effect—
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(i) such person may at any time claim his discharge, and on such claim being made he shall be discharged from the Permanent Defence Force with all convenient speed, and
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(ii) until such claim is made and such person is actually discharged in the manner prescribed by regulations made under section 81, he shall be subject to this Act as a man of the Permanent Defence Force duly enlisted and attested or re-engaged.
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(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall apply in respect of a person who has accepted pay, a grant or other payment as a reservist and has neither been attested nor re-engaged as a reservist, subject to the modification that references to the Permanent Defence Force shall be construed as references to the Reserve Defence Force.
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