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Law No. 5 of 2014 on National Service

Law Summary Record Type: LawNumber: 5Date: 11/03/2014 Corresponding to 10/05/1435 HijriNumber of Articles: 50Status: In force

Official Gazette :Issue: 6Offcial Journal Issue Publication Date: 07/04/2014 Corresponding to 07/06/1435 HijriPage from: 3

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Part I: Definitions

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In the application of the provisions of this Law, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings assigned to each, unless the context requires otherwise:

“Ministry” means the Ministry of Defence;

“Commander-in-Chief” means the Armed Forces GHQer of the Armed Forces;

“Minister” means the Minister of State for Defence Affairs;

“Chief of Staff” means the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces;

“Designee” means each Qatari male between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five years;

“National Service” means the duration for which a designee has to serve for the security of the homeland, according to the provisions of this Law;

“Active service” means the compulsory national service, in accordance with the provisions of this law;

“Reserve Service” means the national service period spent by a designee who has completed active service;

“Conscript (Recruit)” means any designee who joins the active service;

“Reservist” means any person charged with the duties of reserve service;

“Actual service” means the duration of actual active service and reserveservice, including all types of leave, official duties, captivity, and missing in action prior to the issuance of a resolution or judgment thereon;

“Actual Reserve Service” means the national service carried out by areservist in the cases provided for in Article 29 of this Law;

“Batch” means the total number of conscripts recruited in one year;

“Authority” means the National Service Authority at the Ministry established under Article 47 of this Law.

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