Section 36: Right of enlisted person to purchase discharge

(1) Subject to the provisions of section 43 of this Act, an enlisted person may claim his discharge within six months after the date of his first attestation, and if a competent service authority approves, he shall, on payment of a sum of not more than three hundred naira as may be determined by the competent service authority, be discharged accordingly.
(2) Nothing in section 32 of this Act shall apply to a discharge under subsection (1) of this section, and until his discharge, the enlisted person shall remain subject to service law under this Act.