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VIII. Military Draft Deferral

According to Article 35 of the Act of Military Service System, “The Conscription Age Male who
should be inducted to serve the Active Service or Military Training of Standing Soldier Service with
one of the following situations can be deferred”:

1. Students who are attending senior high school or above or participating in non-school-based ex-
perimental education of equivalent level to senior high school.

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 a situation for deferment stated in the preceding paragraph terminates or if a
male studying in junior college or above volunteers to take the Military Training of Standing Soldier

Service during winter or summer vacations, he 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 Ser-

vice, 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 Ser-

vice, 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 duty,
the government shall take care of their rearing and education, or send them back to their home-
towns 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

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