Article 1 

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.