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 PUBLIC LAWS--CH 625-JUNE 24, 1948 be deemed to continue in full force and effect so long as may be neces- sary to the exercise or enjoyment of such proceeding, remedy, privi- lege, stay, limitation, accounting, or other transaction. NOTICE OF TITLE; VOLUNTARY ENLISTMENTS SEC. 15. (a) Every person shall be deemed to have notice of the requirements of this title upon publication by the President of a proclamation or other public notice fixing a time for any registration Ane, p. 605. under section 3. (b) It shall be the duty of every registrant to keep his local board informed as to his current address and changes in status as required by such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the President. Partial invalidity. (C) If any provision of this title, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the title, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. Acnti pp. 606 (d) Except as provided in section 4 (c) or section 4 (g), nothing listments. contained in this title shall be construed to repeal, amend, or suspend the laws now in force authorizing voluntary enlistment or reenlist- ment in the armed forces of the United States, including the reserve components thereof, except that no person shall be accepted for enlistment after he has received orders to report for induction and except that. whenever the Congress or the President has declared that the national interest is imperiled, voluntary enlistment or reenlistment in such forces, and their reserve components, may be suspended by the President to such extent as he may deem necessary in the interest of national defense. DEFINITIONS SEC. 16. When used in this title- "Between the ages of ighteen and twen (a) The term "between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six" shall ty-six." refer to men who have attained the eighteenth anniversary of the day of their birth and who have not attained the twenty-sixth anniversary of the day of their birth; and other terms designating different age groups shall be construed in a similar manner. "United States." (b) The term "United States", when used in a geographical sense, shall be deemed to mean the several States, the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. "Armed forces." (c) The term "armed forces" shall be deemed to include the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Air Force. th"Distrit court of (d) The term "district court of the United States" shall be deemed to include the courts of the United States for the Territories and possessions of the United States. "Local board." (e) The term "local board" shall be deemed to include an inter- county local board in the case of any registrant who is subject to the jurisdiction of an intercounty local board. "Director." (f) The term "Director" shall be deemed to mean the Director of the Selective Service System. "Dly ordagined (g) (1) The term 'duly ordained minister of religion" means a person who has been ordained, in accordance with the ceremonial, ritual or discipline of a church, religious sect, or organization estab- lished on the basis of a community of faith and belief, doctrines and practices of a religious character, to preach and to teach the doctrines of such church, sect, or organization and to administer the rites and ceremonies thereof in public worship, and who as his regular and customary vocation preaches and teaches the principles of religion and administers the ordinances of public worship as embodied in the creed orprinciples of such church, sect, or organization. ot'reT, minister (2) The term "regular minister of religion" means one who as his customary vocation preaches and teaches the principles of religion of a 624 [62 STAT.

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