Commonwealth Numbered Acts

DEFENCE FORCE RE-ORGANIZATION ACT 1975 No. 96 of 1975 - SECT 161

161. (1) Section 23 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from
sub-section (4) the words ''Naval Board, the Military Board or the Air Board''
and substituting the words ''Chief of Naval Staff, the Chief of the General
Staff or the Chief of the Air Staff or a person authorized in writing by the
Chief of Naval Staff, the Chief of the General Staff or the Chief of the Air
Staff''.

(2) Where, before the commencement of this section, the Naval Board, the
Military Board or the Air Board had stated in writing that an officer was
retired at his own request or was retired upon disciplinary grounds, section
23 of the Principal Act as amended by sub-section (1) of this section has
effect as if the Chief of Naval Staff, the Chief of the General Staff or the
Chief of the Air Staff, as the case may be, had stated in writing that he was
so retired.