Section 16

Persons may be enlisted in the regular forces:

Provided that only persons being Malays shall be enlisted in the

Royal Malay Regiment.

Where the person enlisted under subsection (1) is a volunteer, the Armed Forces Council may recognize the reckonable service, if

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any, of that volunteer including his last rank and other matters connected therewith, as reckonable service.

For the purpose of subsection (2), section 36 shall apply.