Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) (No. 2) Act, 1940

Discharge of man of the Reserve of Men on completion of service.

34.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, every man of the Reserve of Men shall, upon completion of the term of his original enlistment or any extension thereof under this Chapter of this Part of this Act, be discharged with all convenient speed.

(2) Where, at the time at which a man of the Reserve of Men would, by virtue of the immediately preceding sub-section, be entitled to be discharged, the Reserve is called out on permanent service under section 221 of the Principal Act, such man, if he is then called out on permanent service, may be detained and his service as a man of the Reserve of Men prolonged for such period not exceeding twelve months as the prescribed military authority may order, and at the expiration of such period or such earlier time as the prescribed military authority may decide such soldier shall be discharged with all convenient speed.

(3) Where a man of the Reserve of Men is discharged under this section, he shall be entitled to be conveyed free of cost from the place where he is discharged to the place in which he appears from his attestation paper to have been resident when attested or to any place at which he may at the time of his discharge decide to take up his residence and to which he can be conveyed without greater cost.

General provisions in relation to discharge.