(1) Boys, Artificer Apprentices and Direct Entry sailors shall be enrolled for Continuous Service as provided in sub-regulation (1) of Regulation 269.
(2)Re-enrolment of Continuous Service sailors shall be as provided in sub-reguation (3).
(3)(a) Except as provided in Regulation 270, Continuous Service men who, after completing the period of their initial Continuous Service enrolment, volunteer and are permitted to continue to serve, shall, subject to the provisions of Regulation 269(2), be re-enrolled by the Captain Naval Barracks, for a period not exceeding that required to complete the service necessary to qualify for the minimum pension. In exceptional cases, however, where the exigencies of the Service so warrant, the prior sanction of the Chief of the Naval Staff may be obtained instead for the re-enrolment of the sailor for a period not exceeding 8 years.
(aa) Re-enrolment of sailors who have been advanced to the rank of Master Chief Petty officers class I and II shall be permissible upto 30 years of service in spells not exceeding five years at a time with the pervious approval of the Chief of the Naval Staff. The total period of engagement shall not normally exceed 30 years. The chief of the Naval Staff may at his discretion, grant extensions of engagement beyond 30 years upto a maximum of five years at a time until the prescribed age of compulsory retirement.
(b)Re-enrolment after completing the necessary qualifying service for minimum pension, shall normally be allowed for a period not exceeding 2 years at a time, subject to the provision in
Explanation (ii). Such re enrollment for the first spell of 2 years shall be made by the captain Naval; Barracks, Bombay, but further re enrolment of two years at a time may be made by the Captain Naval Barracks with the prior approval of the Chief of the Naval Staff. In cases, however, where the exigencies of service so warrant, re-enrolment on completion of the necessary qualifying service for minimum pension for a period not exceeding for a period not exceeding 5 years at time may be made, subject to the provision Explanation (ii), by the Captain Naval Barracks, with the prior approval of the Chief of the Naval Staff.
© Captains or captains Naval Barracks are or is to forward their or his recommendations to the Captain Naval Barracks or the Chief of the Naval Staff, as the Case may be, for re-enrolment of a sailor or his discharge to shore, not later than six months before the expiry of a sailor’s current period of enrolment or re-enrolment. The exigencies of the Service permitting, the annual leave or accumulated annual leave to which he may be entitled shall be granted to a sailor in all cases of discharge, as distinct from dismissal whatever may be the kind of discharge, subject to the provision that his period of service shall not be extended for that purpose without the previous sanction of the government except as provided in regulation 270
(d) Even after orders have been passed for the discharge of a sailor, he may, if he has not previously volunteered, volunteer to re-enrol, In such cases, provided the re-enrolment can be effected before the expiry of his current period of enrolment or re-enrolment, and provided he satisfies the requirements of Regulation 269(2), he may be re-enrolled in accordance with clause (a) or clause(b).
Explanation (i) Cases requiring approval of the Chief of the Naval Staff shall not be submitted unless further retention of then sailor concerned is specially desirable in the interests of the Service.
Explanation (ii):- No sailor shall be permitted to serve for more than the qualifying service required for earning the maximum pension of his confirmed rate except as provided in Regulation 270 and Explanation (iii).
Explanation (iii):- The chief of the Naval Staff may sanction further extension of service for a period not exceeding three years at a time to a restricted number of sailors who have put in service for the period entitling them for maximum pension, subject to the following conditions, namely;-
(a) The Individual satisfied the requirements of sub-regulation (2) of regulation 269;
(b) The extension is certified to be in the interest of service; and
(c) The extension is not beyond the age of compulsory retirement provided in regulation 287.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in these regulations, the Chief of the Naval Staff may, at any time, without assigning any reason, discharge a sailor from Service.
(5) In all cases where the prior approval of the Chief of the Naval Staff is to be obtained for reenrolment, applications for the requisite permission to re-enrol shall be made sufficiently before the expiry of the period of existing engagement in order that the decision arrived at may be received before completion of time.
(6) The enrolment and re-enrolment forms of sailors must never be so worded that the enrolment or re-enrolment appears to commence a t a date later than the date of their being signed.
(7) Enrolment, Leave, and the like, of sailors. – The Chief of the Naval Staff may delegate to the Captain, Naval Barracks, Bombay, the power to engage and draft enrolled sailors and to grant them prize money and medals.