Section 199

officers who have completed not less than five years consecutive service and who at their request and with the approval of the competent authority, have been transferred to a Reserve of Officers; and

former officers of the volunteer forces who in the opinion of the competent authority can perform the duties of officers.

In each year the expenditure proposed to be incurred on the

Reserve of Officers for the volunteer forces shall be included in the total of the estimates of the expenditure to be incurred on the armed forces.

Enrolment, resignation and discharge