What is military service registration? Some regulations on military service registration

What is military service registration? Who must register for military service? In what cases can one be removed from the military service registration list? - Reader Ngoc Ha

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1. What is military service registration?

According to Clause 2, Article 3 of the Law on Military Service 2015, military service registration is the establishment of a record of military service of citizens of military service age.

2. Principles of military service registration

Principles of military service registration are stipulated in Article 11 of the Law on Military Service 2015, including:

- Correct subjects, procedures, policies and regimes according to the provisions of law.

- Unified, public, transparent, convenient for citizens.

- Closely manage and grasp the quantity, quality and personal background of citizens of military service age.

- Any change in residence of citizens of military service age must be registered and managed in accordance with the provisions of law.

3. Who must register for military service?

According to Article 12 of the Law on Military Service 2015, subjects registering for military service include:

- Male citizens 17 years of age or older.

- Female citizens specified in Clause 2, Article 7 of the Law on Military Service 2015 must be 18 years of age or older.

Thus, male citizens aged 17 and over are required to register for military service, female citizens with a profession or expertise that meets the requirements of the People's Army aged 18 and over are allowed to register for voluntary military service.

4. Subjects not eligible for military service registration

- Citizens in one of the following cases are not allowed to register for military service:

+ Being prosecuted for criminal liability; serving a prison sentence, non-custodial reform, probation or having completed a prison sentence but not yet had the criminal record cleared;

+ Being subject toeducational measures at the commune, ward or town level (hereinafter referred to as commune level) or being sent to a reformatory school, compulsory education facility or compulsory drug rehabilitation facility;

+ Deprived of the right to serve in the people's armed forces.

- When the above measures expire, citizens are registered for military service.

(Article 13 of the Law on Military Service 2015)

5. Subjects exempted from military service registration

Subjects exempted from military service registration as stipulated in Article 14 of the Law on Military Service 2015 include:

Disabled people, people with serious illnesses, mental illnesses or chronic illnesses as prescribed by law.

6. Cases of removal from the military service registration list

Citizens are removed from the military service registration list in the following cases:

- Die;

- Out of reserve service age;

- Cases specified in Clause 1, Article 13 or Article 14 of the Law on Military Service 2015, including:

+ Being prosecuted for criminal liability; serving a prison sentence, non-custodial reform, probation or having completed a prison sentence but not yet had the criminal record cleared;

+ Being subject to educational measures at the commune, ward or town level (hereinafter referred to as commune level) or being sent to a reformatory school, compulsory education facility or compulsory drug rehabilitation facility;

+ Deprived of the right to serve in the people's armed forces.

+ People with disabilities, people with serious illnesses, mental illnesses or chronic illnesses as prescribed by law.

Within 10 days from the date of confirmation from the competent authority, the Commune-level Military Command, agencies and organizations whose citizens are removed from the military service registration list must report to the District-level Military Command for decision.

(Article 19 of the Law on Military Service 2015)

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