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Retirement

Defence (Officer) Regulations, reg. 10 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, the following retirement age shall apply to officers of the regular Rank Retirement age Brigadier General 55 Colonel 52 Lieutenant Colonel 50 Major 50 Captain 48 Officers below the rank of Captain 45 (2) An officer who has served for a total period of four years as Brigadier General shall be required to retire from the Force as such, notwithstanding that such officer has not attained the retirement age as specified above in this regulation. Defence 11 (3) An officer who has not been promoted to the rank of captain after a period of ten years' commissioned service shall be required to retire from the Force. (4) Soldiers enlisted in the regular Force shall retire after a maximum period of twenty-seven years reckonable service in the Force. (5) Volunteer enlisted soldiers shall retire on attaining the age of fifty-five years. (6) Any officer who is required to retire under this regulation and who is desirous of further employment in the Force may apply to the Defence Board to be considered for further employment in the Force. (7) Where an officer has applied for further employment under this regulation, the Security Services Commission may allow such officer to continue in the Force, and shall specify the period of time for which such officer shall be allowed to continue in the Force.
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