(1) Commissioned Instructor Sub-Lieutenant shall be on probation for a period of 1 years from the date of entry. At the commencement of this probationary period, they shall undergo a Divisional Course and other prescribed courses of training pertaining to the duties of Instructor Officers. Provided they qualify in their respective courses, and provided they are suitable in all other respects, they shall be confirmed in the permanent cadre of the Instructor Branch on completion of their period of probation,in the rank of S/LT their seniority as Instructor S/LT being reckoned from the date of entry. Officers who fail to qualify in the examinations held on conclusion of initial training shall be penalized as follows:-
(a) Officers failing in the Basic and Divisional Course in the first attempt may be allowed to do the course again in those subjects but they shall lose their seniority in the rank of Instructor S/LT by one month.
(b) Officers failing in one or two principal subjects in General Education Course in the first attempt may be allowed to do the course again in those subjects but they shall lose their seniority in the rank of Commissioned Instructor Officer by one month or each subject in which they fail.
© Officers who fail in more than two subjects of the General Education Course shall be discharged.
(d) Officers whop fail to qualify in the second attempt either in the Basic and Divisional Course or the General Education Course or who are otherwise considered unsuitable shall be discharged
(2) If an officer voluntarily withdraws from training, or resigns during the probationary period, he shall be liable to pay forthwith to the Government in cash such sums as the Government shall fix, but not exceeding such expenses as shall have been incurred by the government on account of officers training and all monies received by him as pay and allowances form the Government, together with interest on the said money calculated at the rate in force for Government loans.