S.L. 220.3 Art. 9Retention of substantive rank and honorary rank.

(1) A regular officer who is eligible by length of service for pension or gratuity, or who retires on account of ill-health having been reported by the approved medical authority as being unfit for military service, shall retain his substantive rank on retirement.

(2) A regular officer who retains his substantive rank under sub-regulation (1) may be granted the honorary rank equivalent to the highest acting rank held by him in the force provided such rank was held by him for an aggregate period of six months.

(3) The period of six months aforesaid my be disregarded if the officer’s service in the acting rank was terminated by wounds or sickness which involved absence from duty and subsequent unemployment or cessation of service on the active list.

(4) The grant of honorary rank shall be granted only if the officer concerned has given satisfactory service throughout his career; and an officer may be deprived of his honorary rank on conviction by a civil court or at the discretion of the Minister.

(5) Honorary rank shall be suspended automatically if an officer is re-employed on the active list of the regular or territorial force. At the end of any such service the honorary rank so suspended may be restored unless the officer has qualified for a higher honorary rank during that service, in which case the higher honorary rank may be granted.