Enlistment Regulations 1970 · 2024 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Postponement, Exemption and Exit Permit
24. Applications for postponement, exemption or exit permit
Feedback & supportApplication for the grant of postponement, exemption or exit permit must be supported by such statements and documentary evidence as the proper authority may require.
Subject to paragraph (3), a postponement of service must not be granted or extended for any period exceeding 12 months on any one occasion.
It is lawful for the proper authority to grant or extend postponement of service for such period exceeding 12 months on any one occasion as the proper authority thinks fit if, in the proper authority’s opinion, the circumstances of the case so warrant.
Subregulation 1
Application for the grant of postponement, exemption or exit permit must be supported by such statements and documentary evidence as the proper authority may require.
Subregulation 2
Subject to paragraph (3), a postponement of service must not be granted or extended for any period exceeding 12 months on any one occasion.
Subregulation 3
It is lawful for the proper authority to grant or extend postponement of service for such period exceeding 12 months on any one occasion as the proper authority thinks fit if, in the proper authority’s opinion, the circumstances of the case so warrant.