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 72 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 85-86 1 - S E P T. 2, 1958

(B) by adding the following new section after section 3262: "(a) Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe, the term of enlistment of a member of the Army may be extended, with his written consent, for a period of less than one year from the date of the expiration of his existing enlistment. "(b) While serving under an enlistment extended under this section, a member is entitled to the pay and allowances to which he would have been entitled if he had been discharged and reenlisted immediately after the expiration of his enlistment, if it had not been so extended. "(c) The extension of a term of enlistment under this section does not deprive the member, upon discharge from that enlistment, of any right, privilege, or benefit to which he would have been entitled, at the expiration of the term, if it had not been so extended."; and (C) by adding the following new item at the end of the analysis: "8268. Voluntary extension of enlistment." (72) Section 3285 is amended to read as follows: '*§3285. Commissioned officers: original appointment; qualifications "To be eligible for original appointment in a commissioned grade in the Regular Army, except in the Medical Corps or the Dental Corps, and except as provided in section 4353(b) of this title, a person must— " (1) be a citizen of the United States; " (2) be at least 21 years of age; " (3) be of good moral character; "(4) be physically qualified for active service; and "(5) have such other qualifications as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe." (73) Section 3286 is amended to read as follows: '*§3286. Commissioned officers: original appointment; age limitations "(a) A person may not be originally appointed in a commissioned grade in the Regular Army, except in the Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Army Nurse Corps, or Army Medical Specialist Corps, if on the date of his appointment he has already passed his— "(1) thirty-fourth birthday, for a person appointed as a chapIain; "(2) thirty-second birthday, for a person appointed in the Judge Advocate General's Corps or the Veterinary Corps; "(3) thirtieth birthday, for a person appointed m the Medical Service Corps; or "(4) twenty-seventh birthday, for all other persons. However, each maximum age is increased by the period credited to the appointee under section 3287(a) of this title, other than that credited under clause (2)(A) or (B) of that section. "(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a person may not be originally appointed in a commissioned grade in the Regular Army, except in the Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Army Nurse Corps, or Army Medical Specialist Corps, if he is above the age that would permit him to complete 20 years of active commissioned service in the armed forces before his fifty-fifth birthday."
 * '§ 3263. Voluntary extension of enlistment

14:65 lo use 3262.

10 USC 328s.

10 USC 31286.

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