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(1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the terms and conditions of service of1[sailors], the person authorised to enrol for service as1[sailors] and the manner and procedure of such enrolment shall be such as may be prescribed.
(2) No person shall be enrolled as a1[sailor] in the Indian Navy for a period exceeding2[twenty years] in the first instance;
Provided that in the case of a minor the said period of2[twenty years] shall be reckoned from the date on which he attains the age of seventeen.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force-
(a) the enrolment of any person under this Act shall be binding on him both during his minority and after he attains majority;
(b) neither the parent or guardian of a minor duly enrolled under this Act nor any other person shall be entitled to claim custody of the said minor as against the Central Government or any of its officers or other persons set over him.
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1. Substituted for the word "seamen" and "seaman" by the Navy (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (53 of 1974), Section 2 (16-12-1974).
2. Substituted for the words "fifteen years" by Navy (Amdt.) Act (34 of 1987), Section. 2 (9-9-87).