APPEAL PROCEDURE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 246, 6 December 1940, Page 5

APPEAL PROCEDURE

OVERSEAS BALLOT DRAW CONDITIONS OUTLINED Official advice has now been received by those drawn in the ballot for overseas service and anyone drawn who has not received the notification by registered letter should communicate immediately with the Director of National Service. Immediate notification is also required in cases where reservists have addresses. A man called up, lot for service overseas with the armed forces has a vigil I to a ppeal to an Armed Forces Appeal Board on any one or more of thei following grounds:— (a) That when so called up he was not a member of the Reserve, or (b) of the Division or Class called up; or had lawfully ceased to be a British subject; or

(c.) That by reason of his occupation his calling up for service is contrary to the public interest; or

(ti) That bj r reason of,his domestic circumstances or for any other reason his calling up for service will be a cause of undue hardship to himself or to others; or (e) That he conscientiously objects to serving with the armed forces. Board's Jurisdiction. Any other person (e.g., an employer, parent; defpendant, etc.) also has a right of appeal in respect of any man so called up on' the ground of undue hardship or public interest effect cause. There is no right of appeal on the ground tliat a man is medically unfit —this is a matter for determination solely by a Medical Board. A Notice of Appeal must be posted or delivered .within ten days of the date of the notice calling a man up, to the Director of National Service, Wellington,. C.l.

On. an appeal 011 the ground of undue hardship or on the ground that by reason of his occupation the calling-up of a. man is contrary to public interest, the-Appeal'Board has no jurisdiction to allow the appeal, but it may, if the circumstances of the case justify, the granting' of relief, adjourn the appear for either a definite or an indefinite period. It is important to note that an appeal l lodged in respect of Territorial Service by a man previously called up by lot for service with the Territorial Force, has no application to the calling up of sucli man for service overseas. A new and separate appeal must be lodged.