Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923

CHAPTER V.

ENLISTMENT.

Period of Service.

Limit of original enlistment.

144.—A person may be enlisted to serve as a soldier of the Forces for a period of 12 years, or for such less period as may be from time to time fixed by the Minister, but not for any longer period, and the period for which a person enlists is in this Act referred to as the term of his original enlistment:

Provided that the Minister in special cases may, by order, direct that where any boy is enlisted in a particular corps before attaining the age of 18, the period of twelve years shall be reckoned from the day on which he attains the age of eighteen years.