Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1942

Suspension of right of soldier to be discharged during a period of emergency.

7.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Acts, no soldier of the Forces or man of the Reserve shall be entitled to be discharged during a period of emergency, and where the term of original enlistment of any such soldier or man expires during a period of emergency, it shall be deemed to be extended for that period of emergency, and such extension shall be deemed, in the case of a soldier of the Forces, to be an extension of his army service, or, in the case of a man of the Reserve, to be an extension of his reserve service, and the provisions of the Acts shall apply in each such case as if the term of original enlistment included such extension of service.

(2) The operation of section 155 (which relates to prolongation of service in certain cases) of the Principal Act and sub-section (2) of section 34 (which relates to discharge of Reserve men on completion of service) of the No. 2 Act of 1940 shall, by virtue of this sub-section, be suspended during any period of emergency.

(3) In this section the expression “period of emergency” has the same meaning as in the No. 2 Act of 1940.

(4) This section shall be deemed to have come into force on, and shall have effect as on and from, the 1st day of January, 1941.