The Servicemember Relief Act Article 52

The Protection Committee shall make the petition decision within 3 months from the next day of the date on which it receives the defense submitted with the dossier compiled by the original disposition agency. In case notification for rectification has been sent pursuant to the stipulation of Article 23, the period begins to run from the day after the date on which the rectification is submitted. In the case that the rectification is not submitted, the period begins to run from the next day after the expiration of the designated period for rectification.In case the petitioner rectifies and supplements with further causes within the petition decision period, the period for a petition decision begins to run from the next day after the Protection Committee receives the last supplement of causes.In case the petition decision cannot be entered within the periods stipulated in the preceding two paragraphs, the period for the decision may be extended with a notice to the petitioner. Such extension shall be only once and not exceed 2 months.In case the supplement with causes is submitted after the expiration of the extension period of the decision period, the petition decision period begins to run from the next day the Protection Committee receives such supplement with causes yet shall not exceed 2 months.