Section 19
Right of recruit to purchase discharge [S 87/2013]
of Royal Brunei Armed Forces Act
Subject to the period of compulsory engagement as provided in regulations made under this Act, a recruit may with the permission of
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan purchase his discharge at any time during his mandatory training, and if such permission is granted he shall, on payment to the Government of a sum not exceeding $4,000 and in the case of an officer, not exceeding $10,000, be discharged with all convenient speed subject to the conditions as may be determined by the competent authority:
Provided that permission shall not be given to a recruit to purchase at a time when a state of war exists between Brunei Darussalam and any foreign power, or men of the Reserve Regiment are called out for full-time service pursuant to section 25.