Section 37: Rules for reckoning service

(1) In reckoning the service of an enlisted person for discharge or re-engagement or transfer to the Reserve, there shall be excluded therefrom-
(a) all periods during which he has been absent from duty for any of the following causes-
(i) imprisonment;
(ii) desertion;
(iii) absence without leave exceeding twenty-eight days; and
(b) any period ordered by a court-martial to be forfeited.
(2) Regulations under this Part of this Act may make provision for restoring service excluded by the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, in consideration of good service or on other grounds justifying the restoration of service so excluded.