Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1925
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Amendment of section 149 of the Principal Act. |
8.— Section 149 (which relates to the purchase of the discharge of a recruit) of the Principal Act shall be and is hereby amended by the substitution of the words “twenty-five pounds, as the Minister may determine,” for the words “ten pounds” in that section, and by the addition at the end of the said section 149 of a new sub-section as follows:— | |
“(2) Where a recruit who is under the age of eighteen years or the parent or guardian or other the person in loco parentis to such recruit makes within three months after the date of the attestation of such recruit an application to his commanding officer for his discharge, he shall, without being required to make any payment, be discharged with all convenient speed.” |