Enforcement Statute for Substitute Services Article 7

The service period for draftees who apply for the General Substitute Services with qualification for the Substitute Services or for family factors is the same as that of active duty; the service period for draftees who apply for the General Substitute Services with qualification for active duty is not more than six months longer than that of active duty.The service period of draftees who apply for the R&D Substitute Services or Industry Training Substitute Service is not more than three years longer than that of active duty; a draftee who fails to complete the service period shall take the General Substitute Services; as to the service period, expect that the first stage is counted according to the actual days, the other stages shall be calculated as 1/4 of the actual days to complete the original service. However, if the service period since distribution to the user organization is less than one year, this period shall not be calculated.The male citizens in the age of military services who have finished the cultivation education of policemen and have not performed the obligation of military service, are not distributed within three years after accepting the fundamental training of the General Substitute Services or fail to complete the specified service period after distribution to user organizations, shall complete the due service period of the General Substitute Services.The service period of draftees in the General Substitute Services with qualification for active duty as referred to in Paragraph 1 and the service period of draftees in the R&D Substitute Services or Industry Training Substitute Service as referred to in Paragraph 2 shall be reported by the competent authorities to the Executive Yuan for approval.For the draftees who have completed the service period of the Substitute Services, the competent authorities shall produce and issue certificates on completion of substitute services.Where a draftee of the R&D Substitute Service or Industry Training Substitute Service completes the prescribed service period, the service period for the draftees with qualification for the Substitute Services as prescribed in Paragraph 1 shall be calculated as the service years; and the left period shall be calculated as years of working in the user organization.