Enlistment

(1) A person offering to enlist in the regular force shall be given a notice set out in Schedule II to this Act, setting out the questions to be answered on attestation and stating the general conditions of the engagement to be entered into by him, and a recruiting officer shall not enlist any person in that force unless satisfied by that person that he has been given such a notice, understands it, and wishes to be enlisted. (2) A recruiting officer shall not enlist a person under the age of eighteen years in the regular force. (3) On satisfying himself as provided in this section, the recruiting officer shall request the recruit to take the oath or, as the case may be, make a solemn affirmation of allegiance (which the recruiting officer is hereby authorised to administer).