The Servicemember Relief Act Article 20

Whereas the petitioner’s notice of disagreement with a disposition is submitted to the original disposition agency or the Protection Committee within the period stipulated in Paragraph 1, Article 15, its petition shall be deemed as filed within the statutory period. The Protection Committee shall notify the petitioner to rectify in compliance with Article 23 of this Act.In case a petitioner, instead of submitting a notice of disagreement to the original disposition agency or Protection Committee with jurisdiction, mistakenly submits notice of disagreement to an agency without subject matter jurisdiction due to the failure to advise or erroneous advice by the original disposition agency vis-a-vis the Protection Committee with subject matter jurisdiction, its petition shall be deemed as filed ab initio with the Protection Committee with subject matter jurisdiction.The agency in the preceding paragraph that receives the notice of disagreement shall transfer the case to the Protection Committee within 10 days and notify the petitioner.