Armed Forces Act 1972 s 26
s 26 Re-engagement of servicemen
(1) Subject to any regulations made under this Part any person in full-time service who has completed a period of nine years of such service reckoned from the date of his attestation or (if he enlisted before attaining that age) the date on which he attains the age of eighteen years, may, if he so desires and with the approval of the competent authority, be permitted to re-engage for such further period in full-time service as will make up a total continuous period of twentyone years of full-time service.
(2) Any person who will within one year complete a period of twenty-one years’ full-time service may, if he so desires and with the approval of the competent authority, continue to serve in all respects as if his term of full-time service was still unexpired.
Malay text (authoritative)
Pertugasan semula askar-lasykar
(1) Tertakluk pada apa-apa peraturan yang dibuat di bawah Bahagian ini, mana-mana orang dalam perkhidmatan penuh masa yang telah genap tempoh perkhidmatan sembilan tahun dikira dari tarikh pengakusaksiannya atau (jika dia telah diambil masuk sebelum mencapai umur itu) tarikh dia mencapai umur lapan belas tahun, boleh, jika dia berkehendakkan sedemikian dan dengan kelulusan pihak berkuasa yang layak, dibenarkan bertugas semula bagi suatu tempoh lanjut dalam perkhidmatan penuh masa yang semuanya akan
berjumlah kepada tempoh dua puluh satu tahun perkhidmatan penuh masa yang terus-menerus.
(2) Mana-mana orang yang akan genap tempoh dua puluh satu tahun perkhidmatan penuh masa dalam masa satu tahun boleh, jika dia berkehendakkan sedemikian dan dengan kelulusan pihak berkuasa yang layak, terus berkhidmat bagi segala maksud seolah-olah tempoh perkhidmatan penuh masanya belum lagi tamat.
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Text as at 15 July 2022 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
