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DEFENCE ACT 1903 - SECT 61CA

Application for determination of conscientious belief

  (1)   A person who claims to be exempt from service because of conscientious beliefs must, within 7 days after he or she is called on for service under section   60 apply to the Secretary, in writing, to have his or her claim determined by a Conscientious Objection Tribunal.

  (2)   At any time after a Tribunal has made a determination that a person is or is not exempt from service because of conscientious beliefs either the applicant for that determination or the Commonwealth may apply to the Secretary, in writing, to have a Tribunal set aside the previous determination and, where appropriate, make a new determination in substitution for it on the grounds of a change in circumstances.


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