Section 33: Transfer to the Reserve

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, an enlisted person whose term of service requires his transfer to the Reserve shall, when so due, be transferred to the Reserve; but until he is so transferred, he shall remain subject to this Act.
(2) When an enlisted person due for transfer to the Reserve is serving outside Nigeria, he shall be returned to Nigeria free of cost with all convenient speed and be transferred to the Reserve on his arrival in Nigeria; or, if he consents to his transfer being delayed, he shall be so transferred not later than six months from the date of his arrival in Nigeria.
(3) An enlisted person who is transferred to the Reserve in Nigeria shall be entitled to be conveyed free of cost from the place where he is transferred 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 at no greater cost.
(4) An enlisted person due for transfer to the Reserve may, instead of being so transferred, be discharged forthwith by the respective competent service authority without assigning any reason.
(5) If an enlisted person is so discharged, the provisions of section 32 of this Act shall have effect instead of the provisions of this section.