Section 5: Compulsory retirement and retirement on compassionate grounds.

(1) It shall be lawful for the Minister to require an officer holding a regular commission to retire from the service at any time after he has attained the age of forty-five years subject to three months' notice in writing of such requirement being given.
(2) An officer holding a regular commission may, in extreme compassionate circumstances, be allowed to resign, to withdraw or, as the case may be, to retire from the service at any time on application in writing to the Minister.