Act of Military Service for Volunteer Enlisted Soldiers Article 6-1

Volunteer Enlisted Soldiers may apply for a leave without pay, and the Ministry of National Defense may reject the application based on mission requirements except for the situations prescribed in the following Subparagraph (1)：1.After being in service for more than six months, Volunteer Enlisted Soldiers may apply for a leave to rear their children who are younger than three years of age.2.Preparing to follow their spouses sent overseas due to mission requirements for more than one year.The period of leave without pay prescribed in Subparagraph (1) of the preceding Paragraph is until their children reach the age of three but cannot exceed two years.When soldiers raise more than two children at the same time, the period of their parental leave without pay shall be computed aggregately, provided that, the maximum period shall be limited to two years that the youngest child has received raising.According to the Family Proceedings Act and the Protection of Children and Youths Welfare and Rights Act, Volunteer Enlisted Soldiers who have lived with adopted children prior to the adoption may apply for parental leave without pay for the period they have lived together in accordance with Subparagraph (1) of Paragraph (1), and the last two paragraphs.The period of leave without pay prescribed in Subparagraph (2) of Paragraph (1) of this Article is limited to their spouses' service time abroad.Soldiers should be reinstated when the period of leave without pay has been expired or the conditions of application have been concealed.The period of leave without pay shall not be included in the minimum service time.The approving authority of Paragraph (1) and Paragraph (6) of this Article and Paragraph (2) of the preceding Article may be designated by the Ministry of National Defense to its subordinating organizations (institution), field units, schools, or consigned to the coast guard authority, and the National Security Bureau.