| (1) | A person who may postpone the date of performing his military duty in accordance with Article 61 (1) of the Act shall be as follows: <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 27220, Jun. 14, 2016> |
| 1. | A person who has an impediment to fulfilling his military duty due to a disease or physical or mental disorder; |
| 2. | A person required for nursing or to make funeral arrangements for his lineal ascendants or descendants, spouse, brothers, sisters or other family members residing in the same household who are in critical condition or dies; |
| 3. | A person required for rebuilding in the aftermath of any natural disaster and other calamities; |
| 4. | A person whose whereabouts are unknown; |
| 5. | A person who applies for recruitment or transfer service of each army and waits for the results thereof: Provided, That in cases of persons for whom the enlistment date as an active duty serviceman is determined, it shall be limited to cases where he applies for recruitment, etc. prior to 30 days before the enlistment date; |
| 6. | A person waiting to depart from the Republic of Korea after obtaining permission for overseas travel or permission for an extended overseas travel, or who has not turned 25 years of age; |
| 7. | A person who intends to apply for an entrance examination at any level of school; |
| 8. | A person who has an impediment to fulfilling his military duty due to other extenuating circumstances. |
| (2) | Persons who fall under any subparagraph of paragraph (1) may postpone the date of execution of their military duty by up to two years in total. <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 22286, Jul. 21, 2010; Presidential Decree No. 24238, Dec. 20, 2012> |
| (3) | "Reasons prescribed by Presidential Decree, such as disaster, etc" in Article 61 (3) of the Act means any of the following cases: <Added by Presidential Decree No. 22286, Jul. 21, 2010; Decree No. 22564, Dec. 29, 2010> |
| 3. | Where a person's resident registration is canceled, or his place of residency is registered as unidentified pursuant to the Resident Registration Act. |
| (4) | A person falling under any subparagraph of paragraph (1) who intends to postpone the date of the draft physical examination, follow-up draft physical examination, enlistment, etc. shall file an application for postponement (including any application in an electronic form) with the director of a regional military manpower office at least five days before the said date: Provided, That where he has insufficient time due to a sudden occurrence of the relevant cause, he shall file a report with the director of the relevant regional military manpower office by means of telegraph, telephone, etc., and submit a written application for postponement (including in an electronic form) within three days thereafter. <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 22286, Jul. 21, 2010; Presidential Decree No. 24890, Dec. 4, 2013> |
| (5) | In receipt of an application for postponement of the enlistment date (including any application in an electronic form) under paragraph (4), the director of each regional military manpower office shall decide on whether to approve the application. <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 22286, Jul. 21, 2010> |
| (6) | With regard to persons whose date for execution of a military duty has been postponed due to any ground under paragraph (1) 1 and who are deemed incapable of fulfilling the military duty due to a disease or mental or physical disorder in accordance with Article 65 (1) 1 and paragraph (4) of the same Article of the Act, the director of a regional military manpower office may alter their disposition for military service, following a physical examination at a draft physical examination center or at a military hospital. In such cases, with regard to persons unable to perform military service due to deformity of the entire body, any disease, or mental or physical disorder, etc. provided for in any subparagraph of Article 134 (1), the director of a regional military manpower office may alter their disposition for military service without administering a physical examination, and with regard to persons whose date of call-up to social work personnel service has been postponed and who are found to have been confined to a hospital or a sanatorium for at least one year due to a mental disorder, he may transfer such persons to the second citizen service without administering a physical examination. <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 22286, Jul. 21, 2010; Decree No. 23305, Nov. 23, 2011; Presidential Decree No. 24890, Dec. 4, 2013> |
| (7) | Matters necessary for the period of postponement by reason and restrictions on the frequency of postponement under paragraph (2) shall be determined by the Commissioner of the Military Manpower Administration. |
<Amended by Presidential Decree No. 22286, Jul. 21, 2010>
[This Article Wholly Amended by Presidential Decree No. 21867, Dec. 7, 2009]