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 Non-commissioned officers will be appointed by Officers commanding battalions.

No non-commissioned officer shall be appointed or promoted until he has passed such competitive examination as may be from time to time authorised, provided that in cases of necessity appointments or promotions may be made temporarily, pending the holding of the examination.

In the event of there not being a sufficient number of qualified candidates for the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, and in the case of all higher ranks, the following regu­lations for appointment shall apply.

Applications for first appointment to first commissions in the Senior Cadets should be made by candidates on Form A 22 to the Commanding Officer of the Battalion to which appointment is sought, the Commanding Officer will forward same with his recommendation to the District Commandant for submission to the Military Board.

First appointments will, as a rule, be made to the rank of Lieutenant.

Officers shall not be usually appointed to the Senior Cadets until they have passed the prescribed examination, but persons who have not passed that exami­nation may be appointed “provisionally” as an officer of that rank.

Officers provisionally appointed must present themselves for examination at the first or second half-yearly examination subsequent to their provisional appointment, except under special circumstances approved by the Military Board, or where a less period is prescribed in these regulations. They