Section 20: Unit Promotions Board

(1) There is established a Unit Promotions Board for each unit of the Defence Forces which shall consist of- (a) the commanding officer, who shall be the chairperson; (b) the officer in charge of operations and training; (c) the adjutant, who shall be the secretary; (d) the intelligence officer; (e) the Political Commissar; (f) all officers in charge of companies; and (g) the regimental sergeant major. (2) The Unit Promotions Board, in the case of medical personnel, shall be constituted as follows- (a) the commanding officer who shall be the chairperson; (b) the second in command of the unit; (c) the adjutant, who shall be the secretary; (d) the intelligence officer; (e) the Political Commissar; (f) all heads of department; and (g) the regimental sergeant major. (3) The functions of the Unit Promotions Board shall be- (a) to select militants to undergo courses; (b) to recommend militants to undertake promotions examinations after successful completion of the requisite courses and after such periods as shall be prescribed; (c) to give advice to the Chief of Defence Forces on the promotion of militants up to the rank of warrant officer; (d) to receive militants' grievances relating to promotions and find solutions to those grievances; and (e) to monitor the discharge of militants due for discharge and to determine any termination of service. (4) In the absence of the commanding officer, the officer in charge of operations and training or in the case of medical, the second in command of the unit shall preside at a meeting of the Unit Promotions Board.