The State Administration Council has issued an announcement stating that the People's Military Service Law would come into force on 10 February 2024. The People's Military Service Law ("Law") was enacted as Law No 27/2010 of the State Peace and Development Council on 4 November 2010, and it came into force by virtue of section 1(b). The Ministry of Defense ("MOD") is to issue necessary bylaws, procedures, notifications, orders and directives to implement the Law. MOD subsequently formed a Central Regulatory Body for Summoning Military Servants under the Law and to formally standardise the conscription process in the near future.
Under the Law, male citizens aged 17 to 35 (for experts/professionals, aged 18 to 45) and female citizens aged 18 to 27 (for experts/professionals, aged 18 to 35) are eligible for military service. Any eligible citizen may be called up for military service for up to 24 months. Exempted individuals from military service includes members of religious orders, married women, people with permanent disability, individuals recognised as permanently inappropriate for military service by the Tatmadaw medical examination board, and individuals exempted by the Central Regulatory Body for Summoning Military Servants.
