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ments may be established for the purpose of imparting 
education in the various branches of naval science. 
The naval forces shall be divided into two branches called 
the Permanent Naval Forces and the Citizen Naval Forces. 
The former shall consist of officers and seamen bound to 
continuous naval service ; the latter forces are divided into 
the Naval Reserve Forces, consisting of officers and seamen 
not bound in time of peace to continuous naval service, and 
who are paid for their services, and the Naval Volunteer Re- 
serve Forces, consisting of officers and seamen not bound 
in time of peace to continuous naval service, and who are 
not ordinarily paid for their services in time of peace. Mem- 
bers of the existing Naval Militia Forces are transferred by 
the Act to the Naval Reserve Forces, and members of the 
Naval Volunteer Forces and the Naval Reserve Forces under 
the Defence Act are transferred to the Naval Volunteer 
Forces. Except as provided in the Defence Act, 1903-10, as 
regards training, the naval forces shall be raised and kept 
by voluntary enlistment only for a period which shall not be 
less than two years. Enlistment is permitted in any part 
of the King’s Dominions, subject to the law in force in that 
part. If the termination of the period of service of a member 
of the naval forces falls in time of war he shall not be entitled 
to be discharged until the end of the war. Except in war, 
a seaman of the Citizen Naval Forces may obtain his dis- 
charge before the expiration of the period for which he has 
enlisted subject to three months’ notice and payment of a 
sum not exceeding £2 if a member of the Reserve Forces, 
and of £1 if a member of the Naval Volunteer Reserve. 
The permanent naval forces are liable to continuous naval 
service, and shall at all times be liable to be employed on 
any naval service, including active service. The Citizen 
Naval Forces are not liable in time of peace to continuous 
naval service, and shall only be liable for active service when 
called out by proclamation, though they may voluntarily 
enlist, 
Members of the naval forces may be required to serve for 
raining or any naval service either within or without the 
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