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2. Those who are prosecuted for committing a crime with a principal sentence of penal servitude for a
definite period and are still on trial or those who have been sentenced and are serving their terms.

In the event that the situation for deferment stated in the preceding paragraph terminates or a
male studying in junior college or above volunteer to take Military Training of Standing Soldier Service
during winter or summer vacations, the male will still be inducted.

IX. Rights and Interests of Military Personnel

The government protects the rights and interests of those who fulfill their obligations to enlist in the
military service and defend the motherland and its people (See Figure 6-2). According to Article 44 of the
Act of Military Service System, citizens who serve in the military service are entitled to the following rights:

1. During the period of service in the military camp or the military training of standing soldier service,
students reserve their school accreditation and employees reserve their vacancy and seniority.

2. During the period of service in the military camp or the military training of standing soldier service, if
the dependents of the conscript cannot afford their livelihood, the government will grant subsidies.

3. For people with disabilities due to injuries caused by wartime activities or in the line of official
duties, the government shall take care of their rearing and education, or send them back to their
hometowns according to their wishes.

4. For those who die in battle or on official duty, in case their families cannot afford the rearing and
education of their children, the government will take care of the rearing and education of those
children until they reach adulthood. For those who die in battle training or on official duty, the gov-

ernment will take care of their surviving family members in a way equivalent to the treatment of the
surviving families of veterans in accordance with related laws.

5. For those who die in battle or on official duty, the government shall be responsible for their funerals,
erecting memorial cemeteries and monuments to honor them and paying respect to them regularly.

6. For those who die as a result of illness or accidents, their spouses, and the spouses of the standing
servicemen prescribed in the preceding sub-paragraph can be buried in the military cemetery.

7. The rights of other rewards, gratuities, insurance, solatia for injury or death, nursing benefits, and
fringe benefits entitled by the laws.

Veterans who are recognized as honorable citizens are qualified to apply mutatis mutandis
Sub-paragraph 6 of the preceding paragraph.

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