Section 32: Discharge

(1) Unless otherwise prescribed by this Act, if an enlisted person becomes entitled to be discharged, he shall be discharged with all convenient speed; but until discharged, he shall remain subject to service law under this Act.
(2) If an enlisted person to be discharged is serving out of Nigeria and his term of service is prolonged under this Act, he shall be returned to Nigeria free of cost with all convenient speed and be discharged on his arrival in Nigeria or, if he consents to his discharge being delayed, within six months from his arrival.
(3) Except in pursuance of a sentence of a court-martial under this Act, an enlisted person shall not be discharged unless his discharge has been authorised by order of the respective Service Chief in accordance with regulations made under this Part of this Act.
(4) An enlisted person shall be given on his discharge a certificate of discharge containing such particulars as may be prescribed, provided that, an enlisted person who is discharged within six months of the date of attestation shall not be entitled to receive a certificate of discharge.
(5) An enlisted person who is discharged in Nigeria shall be entitled to be conveyed free of cost from the place where he is discharged to the place stated in his attestation paper to be the place where he was attested or to any place at which he intends to reside and to which he can be conveyed with no greater cost.