01st July 2016 21:51:37 Hours
The general amnesty period for Army absentees, declared by Ministry of Defence under the ongoing de-listing programme would continue until 12 July 2016, enabling more and more absentees to receive their legal discharge directly from respective Regimental Headquarters or their last duty locations within a day, if all necessary documents are in order, according to the Adjutant General Branch of the Army.
The general amnesty period for all tri service absentees came into effect on 13 June 2016 and the Army had been able to give legal discharge to a total of 10,417 Army personnel by Friday (July 1) evening through respective Army formations across the island.
Those absent without leave for more than 3 months or those absent without leave for less than three months but more than 21 days or those absent without leave at all or those absent without leave having involved in criminal actions or those who went absent after sustaining injuries in terrorist attacks are thus eligible to receive legal discharge upon production of their service identity card, national identity card, a photocopy of the bank account before 12 July 2016 on arrival at those respective locations.
However, those wishing to receive their legal discharge are requested to contact specific Regimental Headquarters or previous duty locations if they want more information on the delisting project.
