Reduced pension after 18 years

A soldier who has completed a minimum of eighteen years reckonable service may be awarded a pension calculated in accordance with the provisions of regulation 24 subject to the following modifications– (a) the pension shall be calculated at the date of discharge as if the soldier had twenty-two years reckonable service; (b) a deduction shall be made at the rate of ten percentum (upon the amount remaining after the preceding deduction has been made) for each year or part of a year by which the reckonable service falls short of twenty-two years.