Enlistment and re-engagement in volunteer element

(1) The term for which a person enlisting in the volunteer element may be enlisted shall be for a term of four years beginning with the date of his attestation. (2) A person enlisting into the volunteer element shall be attested in the same manner as a recruit in the regular force and the following provisions of Part IV, that is to say, (a) section 16 (which relates to the mode of enlistment and attestation); (b) section 28 (which relates to the validity of attestation and enlistment), but omitting the references in that section to the receipt of pay; and 80 (c) section 29 (which makes recruits punishable for false answers), shall apply in like manner as if they were re-enacted in this Part with the substitution for the expression “regular force” of the expression “volunteer element”. (3) A person enlisting in the volunteer element may be attested by any officer and the provisions of Part III mentioned in sub-section (2) together also with section 57 (which relates to false answers on enlistment) shall in their application to the volunteer element be construed as if the expression “recruiting officer” included any officer of the Force. (4) Any member of the volunteer element who at any time has completed or is within six months before completing the term for which he or she is enlisted or re-engaged in pursuance of this Part may, in the case of an officer, with the approval of the Security Services Commission acting after consultation with the Belize Defence Board, or in the case of a soldier, with the approval of the Commander, re-engage for such further period or periods of four years’ service in the volunteer element.