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I:.. (iv) Part-time Service.—Upon completion of whole-time service, a person is liable for three years' part-time service with the branch of the Forces with which he performed whole-time service. Part-time service consists of twenty days' training each year, which is partly in-camp training and partly week-end or night parades. (v) Registration.—Every person liable for service under the Act—i.e., every person who attains the age of eighteen on or after the Ist November, 1949—is required to make application for registration either in the military service register or in the register of conscientious objectors. A certificate of registration is issued to all persons who register. (vi) Time Within Which Registration Must be Effected. —Application for registration must be made within fourteen days of becoming liable for service—i.e., within fourteen days of attaining the age of eighteen years. (vii) Offence to Fail to Register.—lt is an offence under the Act to fail to make application for registration. ' (viii) Early Registration and Call-up.—Any person who has attained the age of seventeen years and six months and would, but for his age, be liable for service under the Act may apply for early registration and calling up. If there is sufficient reason for the application, the person will be registered and will thereafter be liable to be called up for service notwithstanding that he may not have attained the age of eighteen years. This provision will enable persons upon leaving school to undertake whole-time 'service before commencing studies or training for industry. (ix) Preference for a Particular Service. —Persons may at the time of registration express a preference for service in the Navy or Air Force. The requirements of the Navy and Air Force are limited, and no undertaking can be given that every person can be accepted for the Service for which he has expressed a preference. (x) Medical Examination. —As soon as possible after registration, every person receives written notice requiring him to present himself for medical examination. X-ray examination usually takes place before the physical examination is made, so that generally every person is required to attend on two occasions before the examination is completed. Medical Boards are held in centres throughout New Zealand, and men are allowed reasonable expenses and allowances for their attendance. Those who are found to be medically acceptable for service receive an enlistment notice. Those who are found to be medically unacceptable receive notice to this effect giving brief details of their disability to enable them to seek medical advice if they so desire. (xi) Enlistment Notice.- —Every person who is found to be medically acceptable for service is issued with an enlistment notice, which states that he has been enlisted in the Armed Force specified in the notice and is liable to be called up for service with that Force. On the day on which the notice is served the person is deemed to be a member of the Armed Force specified. If a person liable desires to make application for postponement of service he must do so within fourteen days of the date of service of an enlistment notice. (xii) Postponement of Service. —No one can be exempted from liability to be called up for service, but any person who has received an enlistment notice may apply for postponement of his liability on the ground of undue hardship. No right to apply for postponement on the ground of public interest has been provided. (xiii) Dates of Call Up or Training.—The following are the months each year in which the various Services will call persons up for full-time service : Navy : January, May, September. Army : January, May. Air Force : January, May, September. The dates have been designed to meet the requirements of those who by reason of studies or occupation may prefer to render service in either the summer or winter months.

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