Section 5: Selection and enrolment, etc

5. Selection and enrolment, etc.___ (1) An officer or authority prescribed in this behalf may, by a notice in writing, require any person liable to render national service to report in person to such authority and at such time and place as may be specified in the notice and the person to whom a notice has been issued shall report accordingly. (2) A person who has reported in pursuance of a notice under sub-section (1) shall be selected for national service unless___ (a) his liability to render national service has for the time being been deferred under section 4; or (b) he is exempted after medical examination from the requirement of rendering national service; or (c) he is exempted from the requirement of rendering national service in accordance with rules made under this Ordinance. (3) A person selected under sub-section (2) shall report to such authority and at such time and place as may be specified by the authority by whom he is so selected for the purpose of being enrolled in the Pakistan Army, the Pakistan Navy or, as the case may be, the Pakistan Air Force. (4) A person who has reported under sub-section (3) shall, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and the rules made thereunder, render national service for a period of one year in the Pakistan Army, the Pakistan Navy or, as the case may be, the Pakistan Air Force in which he shall be enrolled for that period. (5) Save as otherwise provided in the rules made under this Ordinance, a person, while he is rendering ntional service, shall___ (a) be subject to the service law of the Defence Service in which he is enrolled for such service; and (b) receive such honorarium per month as may be prescribed and be entitled to such other facilities and privileges, other than salary, as are admissible to a person enrolled in the Pakistan Army, the Pakistan Navy or, as the case may be, the Pakistan Air Force.

Effective date: 1970-01-01

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