Order for national service training
The Minister may from time to time by order published in the Gazette, and in such other manner as in his opinion will provide the widest publicity to such order, require all or any category of persons liable to undergo national service training under this Act to undergo national service training.
Nature, place and duration of national service training
(1) The national service training referred to in section 16 shall be of such nature and conducted at such place and for such duration (not being longer than ninety days for each occasion) as may be determined by the Council by notification in the Gazette. (2) Persons affected by the order made under section 16 shall be notified by the Council, in such manner as may be determined by the Council, of the time and place at which he must present himself for the purpose of national service training. (3) The Council shall ensure that every effort is made to ensure that persons affected by the notification under subsection (2) are informed or made aware of the requirements under that subsection.
Failure to attend national service training
(1) Any person who fails to present himself for national service training as he is required to do by virtue of the notification issued by the Council under subsection 17(2) commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both. (2) Any finding of guilt under subsection (1) in respect of any person shall not relieve him from the liability to undergo national service training.
Absence without leave
(1) Every person undergoing national service training who absents himself without leave commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both. (2) Any person who persuades, endeavours to persuade, procures or attempts to procure any person undergoing national service training under this Act to absent himself without leave commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.
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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated. Read the official text ↗
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).