These Regulations shall be called the Pension Regulations for the Army, Part-I (2008) and shall come into force with effect from 1st July 2008. (a) Unless otherwise provided, these Regulations shall apply to the (i) Permanent Commissioned Officer of the Army, including Military Nursing Service Officer, Territorial Army Officer, Short Service Commissioned Officer and Emergency Commissioned Officer (ii)Personnel Below Officer Rank (including those granted honorary commission while on the effective list) of regular Army Defence Security Corps and Territorial Army. (b) Unless otherwise provided, all claims to pension, gratuity or allowance shall be regulated by the Regulations in force at the time of individual’s retirement, release, resignation, discharge, invalidment, death etc., as the case may be. (c) The day on which an individual is retired or is released or is discharged or is allowed to resign, or is invalided out from service or dies in harness, as the case may be, shall be treated as his last day in service. Provided that in the case of an individual who is retired prematurely or who retires voluntarily, the date of retirement shall be treated as a non-working day