Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1942

Amendment of section 57 of the No. 2 Act of 1940.

11.Section 57 (which relates to restoration to employment of reservists called out on permanent service and of soldiers enlisted in the Forces for a period of emergency) of the No. 2 Act of 1940 shall not apply in respect of any man of the Reserve or any person who enlists in the Forces, within the meaning of the said section, who is—

(a) discharged with ignominy from the service or discharged from the service by sentence of a court-martial, or

(b) discharged from the service for any of the following reasons, namely—

(i) wilfully making a false statement on attestation,

(ii) misconduct,

(iii) conviction by the civil power, or

(c) a person to whom sub-section (2) of section 119 of the Principal Act is applicable.