Malaysia legislation
Section 15
Section 15
Enrolment in Civil Defence Forces
(2)
Every such notice shall state whether the service required of the person on whom it is served is full-time or part-time service and shall require such person to present himself in accordance with the terms of the notice at such place and time (not earlier than
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National Service the seventh day after the date of the service of the notice), and to such authority, and for service with such civil defence force, as may be specified in the notice.
(3)
Subject to the following provisions of this Act every person upon whom an enrolment notice is served shall on the date specified in the notice present himself to such authority and shall enrol in the force therein specified in the manner provided by the Civil
Defence Act 1951 [Act 221], or any regulations made thereunder, for enrolment in such force, and the term or period for which he is enrolled in any such force shall, notwithstanding anything in the
Civil Defence Act 1951, or any regulations made thereunder governing service in such force, be deemed in the case of full-time service to be for a period of two years, or such shorter period as may be specified in the enrolment notice.
(4)
Any person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with the requirements of an enrolment notice served on him under this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit or to both.
(5)
Where an enrolment notice has been duly served on any person, whether such person has already enrolled in the force specified therein or not, the proper authority may—
(a)
at any time while such person remains liable to be called up for civil defence cancel the notice and, if he thinks fit, cause to be served upon him a further enrolment notice; or
(b)
at any time while that person remains liable to be called up for service in the armed forces or in the police forces cancel that notice and, if he thinks fit, cause to be served upon him an enlistment notice or a police enrolment notice, and thereupon Part V or VI as the case may be shall apply to such person:
Provided that if any person having already served in any full-time service in the civil defence forces under this Part is thereafter enlisted in any local force under
Part V or enrolled in a police force under Part VI the period for which he is so enlisted or enrolled together with the period during which he has so served in the civil defence forces shall not in the aggregate exceed two years.
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(6)
An enrolment notice served on any person shall cease to have effect if, before the date on which he is thereby required to present himself, he ceases to be liable to be called up for civil defence.
(7)
The proper authority may pay to persons required to present themselves in accordance with enrolment notices served upon them such travelling and other allowances as he may, with the approval of the Minister, determine.
Terms of service