National Service Act 1952 · Updated to 29 Mar 1990 · Part X · Supplementary
27. General provision as to offence
Feedback & supportAny person guilty of an offence against this Act, not being an offence for which a penalty is thereby expressly provided, by reason of non-compliance with any of the provisions of this Act
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National Service shall be liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding five hundred ringgit or to both:
national service
“national service” means all or any of the following forms of service under this Act, namely, service in the armed forces, service in the police forces and service in the civil defence forces;
Provided that in any proceedings for an offence punishable under this section it shall be a defence for the defendant to prove that he was prevented from complying with the relevant provisions of this Act by circumstances beyond his control.