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 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 638 -NOV. 13, 1942 Service Act of 1940, as amended, as precedes the first proviso is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3 . (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, every male citizen of the United States, and every other male person residing in the United States, who is between the ages of eighteen and forty- five at the time fixed for his registration, shall be liable for training and service in the land or naval forces of the United States." SEC. 2. Section 5 (f) of such Act, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "(f) Any person eighteen or nineteen years of age who, while pursuing a course of instruction at a high school or similar institu- tion of learning, is ordered to report for induction under this Act during the last half of the academic year at such school or institution, shall, upon his request, have his induction under this Act postponed until the end of such academic year." SEC. 3. Section 15 (a) of such Act, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "(a) The term 'between the ages of eighteen and forty-five' shall refer to men who have attained the eighteenth anniversary of the day of their birth and who have not attained the forty-fifth anniver- sary of the day of their birth; and other terms designating different age groups shall be construed in a similar manner." SEC. 4. Section 5 of such Act, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: "(i) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one shall be discharged from service in the land or naval forces of the United States while this Act is in effect because such person entered such service without the consent of his parent or guardian. "(j) No individual who has been convicted of any crime which may not be punished by death or by imprisonment for a term exceed- ing one year shall, by reason solely of such conviction, be relieved from liability for training and service under this Act. "(k) Every registrant found by a selective service local board, subject to appeal in accordance with section 10 (a) (2), to be neces- sary to and regularly engaged in an agricultural occupation or endeavor essential to the war effort, shall be deferred from training and service in the land and naval forces so long as he remains so engaged and until such time as a satisfactory replacement can be obtained: Provided, That should any such person leave such occupa- tion or endeavor, except for induction into the land or naval forces under this Act, his selective service local board, subject to appeal in accordance with section 10 (a) (2), shall reclassify such registrant in a class immediately available for military service unless prior to leaving such occupation or endeavor he requests such local board to determine, and such local board, subject to appeal in accordance with section 10 (a) (2), determines, that it is in the best interest of the war effort for him to leave such occupation or endeavor for other work." SEC. 5. Section 3 (a) of such Act, as amended, is amended by strik- ing out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a colon and the following: "Provided further, That no man, without his consent, shall be inducted for training and service under this Act after he has attained the forty-fifth anniversary of the day of his birth." Approved, November 13, 1942. 54 Stat. 885. 50U.S. ., Supp. I, app. §303 (a). Age limits. 54 Stat. 889. 50 U. S. C., app. 1 305 (f). Postponement of in- duction of certain students. 54 Stat. 886. 50 U.S . C.. Supp. I, app. §315 (a). "Between the ages of eighteen and forty- five." 54 Stat. 887. 50U.S.C., app. 305; Supp. I, § 305. Ante, p. 386; supra. Persons between ages of 18 and 21. Restriction on dis- charge. Persons convicted of crime. Liability for service. Deferment of essen- tial agricultural work- ers. 54 Stat. 893. 50U.S.C., app. § 310 (a) (2). Provio. Iteclaasifincat n on leaving occupatlon. 54 Stat. 885. 50U.S. C., Supp. I, app. § 303 (a). Supra. Restriction on in- duction of men 45 years of age. . 56 STAT.] 1019

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