Gratuity may be granted for service prematurely terminated

A gratuity of an amount equal to twenty-one days pay for each year of reckonable service at the average rate in issue over the preceding three years may be awarded upon termination of service to a soldier whose service is terminated for reasons other than misconduct after completing a period of twelve years or more but not exceeding eighteen years reckonable service, provided that– (a) a soldier invalided after completing recruit training, but not exceeding eighteen years Defence 179 reckonable service, shall receive a gratuity of forty-two days’ pay for each year of reckonable service at the average rate in issue over the preceding three years; (b) where the soldier invalided has completed less than one-year reckonable service the gratuity paid shall equal forty-two days’ pay at the rate in issue on the day of invaliding; (c) where the circumstances leading to a soldier being invalided are due to his own fault or to causes within his control, the grant or award may be such lesser sum as shall be determined by the appropriate authority. 22 years.