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CA 385 Section 8

Section 8

SEC. 8. Section fifty-two of the National Defense Act is hereby amended so as to read as follows : "SEC. 52. The obligation to undergo military training shall begin with youth in school, commencing at the age of ten years, and shall extend through his schooling until he shall reach the age of twenty-one years when he shall become subject to service with the colors. If at eighteen to twenty-one years of age the youth is not attending any school or college he shall enter the junior reserve subject to the exemptions prescribed in section eighty-seven of this Act. The training which he may undergo prior to the calendar year in which he attains twenty-one years of age shall be termed 'Preparatory Military Training.' "All school girls shall receive such instruction and training as the Chief of Staff may deem necessary for auxiliary service. "All able-bodied male citizens between the ages of twenty-years and fifty years, both inclusive, except those specifically exempted, shall be classified as follows: "Trainees—Those between the ages of twenty and twenty-two who have been selected to receive military training. "First Reserve—Those between the ages of twenty-two years and thirty years, both inclusive, and including also all those who have completed trainee instruction even though they may not have attained the age of twenty-two. "Second Reserve—Those between the ages of thirty-one years and forty years, both inclusive. "Third Reserve—-Those between the ages of forty-one years and fifty years, both inclusive."

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CitationCA 385 Section 8 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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