[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 6]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR1639.3]

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                        TITLE 32-NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                  CHAPTER XVI--SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
 
PART 1639_CLASSIFICATION OF REGISTRANTS PREPARING FOR THE MINISTRY
--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1639.3  Basis for classification in Class 2-D.

    (a) In Class 2-D shall be placed any registrant who is preparing for 
the ministry under the direction of a recognized church or religious 
organization; and
    (1) Who is satisfactorily pursuing a full-time course of instruction 
required for entrance into a recognized theological or divinity school 
in which he has been pre-enrolled or accepted for admission; or
    (2) Who is satisfactorily pursuing a full-time course of instruction 
in a recognized theological or divinity school; or

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    (3) Who, having completed theological or divinity school, is a 
student in a full-time graduate program or is a full-time intern, and 
whose studies are related to and lead toward entry into service as a 
regular or duly ordained minister of religion. Satisfactory progress in 
these studies as determined by the school in which the registrant is 
enrolled, must be maintained for qualification for the deferment.
    (b) The registrant's classification shall be determined on the basis 
of the written information in his file folder, oral statements, if made 
by the registrant at his personal appearance before a board, and oral 
statements, if made by the registrant's witnesses at his personal 
appearance.

[47 FR 4657, Feb. 1, 1982, as amended at 52 FR 24458, July 1, 1987]