Section 2.
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A copy of the approved programme of study will be forwarded by the
D. V. S. to the Under Secretary of State, Military Department, India Office.
If it is not possible for an officer to give full details, as above, in his original
application, or if, after arrival in England, he wishes to make any changes in
the programme which has been approved by the D. V. S., he should immediate-
ly on arrival in England apply to the Under Secretary of State, Military De-
partment, India Office, for a form on which to submit the required particulars.
In such cases the officer should not, unless prepared to do so at his own risk,
commence his course, nor incur any expenses in connection therewith, until
he receives approval to the course through the Under Secretary of State,
Military Department.
(8) Officers on leave who wish to have part of their leave converted into
study leave or to undertake a course of study during leave, should, before
commencing study and before incurring any expenses in connection there-
with, submit a programme of their proposed course of study to the Under
Secretary of State, Military Department, India Office, on a form which can
be obtained on application to that Department. The programme should be
accompanied by an official syllabus of the course, if one is available, and by
any documentary evidence that the particular course or examination has
the approval of the authorities in India. In the absence of such evidence the
programme may, if approved, be proceeded with, but no study allowance will
be admissible until the concurrence of the authority concerned in India has
been received.
Similarly, officers on leave who desire to have it extended for purposes of
study should address the Under Secretary of State, but in addition to fur-
nishing a statement of the proposed study, they must support their applica-
tions with documentary evidence of their having obtained the approval of the
authorities concerned in India to their applying for an extension of leave.
Such concurrence will not be necessary to the conversion of ordinary leave into
study leave or for the issue of study leave allowance.
(9) An officer who is at home on combined leave may be permitted to
commence a course of study before the end of his privilege leave and to draw
for such period the study allowance admissible under Rule 10 without forfeit-
ing his privilege leave allowance. For all purposes of record and subsequent
calculation of leave, the full amount of study leave taken shall in such cases be
post-dated as if it had commenced at the end of the privilege leave.
(10) For the course of study, a study allowance, at present fixed at 12s. a
day in the United Kingdom, £1 a day on the Continent of Europe and £1-10s.
in the United States of America, will be admissible. These rates are liable
to revision. No payment in respect of study allowances will be made until
satisfactory certificates as required by Rule 12, are furnished on the comple-
tion of the course of study.
It is to be understood that in order to qualify for the grant of study leave
or for the receipt of study allowance, a definite course of post-graduate study
must be taken at a recognised institution, or of study ordinarily associated
with post-graduate work, which must be approved as suitable by the D. V. S.
in India.
This allowance will not be admissible to an officer who retires from the
service without returning to duty in India after a period of study leave,
and is liable to be refunded under Rule 3 above in the case of retirement,
otherwise than on account of ill-health, within 3 years of return to India.
Periods not exceeding 14 days of vacation or interval between two courses
of study may, at an officer's option, be treated as study leave, in which case
the study allowance will be issued. Alternatively such periods may be taken
as ordinary leave, in which case study allowance will not be issued. If
such period exceeds 14 days, the excess will be treated as ordinary leave with-
out study allowance.