3.  During the continuance in force of the Proclamation of Emergency issued by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong under Article 150 of the Constitution of Malaysia, every officer and every serviceman of the volunteer armed forces, who would but for these Regulations fall to be released or discharged, shall continue in service with those forces throughout the period during which that Proclamation remains in force or for such period ending not later than 12 months after the date on which, apart from these Regulations, he would fall to be released or discharged, whichever is the shorter, unless the competent authority decides that his services can earlier be dispensed with.