[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: 32CFR1656.14]

[Page 350-351]
 
                        TITLE 32-NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                  CHAPTER XVI--SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
 
PART 1656_ALTERNATIVE SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1656.14  Postponement of reporting date.

    (a) General. The reporting date in any of the following orders may 
be postponed in accord with this section.
    (1) Report for Job Placement;
    (2) Report for a Job Interview; or
    (3) Report to an Employer to Commence Employment.
    (b) Requests for Postponement. A request for postponement of a 
reporting date specified in an order listed in paragraph (a) must be 
made in writing and filed prior to the reporting date with the office 
which issued the order. Such requests must include a statement of the 
nature of the emergency and the expected period of its duration.
    (c) Grounds for Postponement. An ASW may, upon presentation of the 
appropriate facts in his request, be granted a postponement based on one 
or more of the following conditions:
    (1) The death of a member of his immediate family;
    (2) An extreme emergency involving a member of his immediate family;
    (3) His serious illness or injury; or
    (4) An emergency condition directly affecting him which is beyond 
his control.
    (d) Basis for Considering Request. The ASW's eligibility for a 
postponement shall be determined by the office of jurisdiction based 
upon official documents and other written information contained in his 
file. Oral statements made by the ASW or made by another person in 
support of the ASW shall be reduced to writing and placed in the ASW's 
file.
    (e) Duration of Postponement. The initial postponement shall not 
exceed 60 days from the reporting date in the order. When necessary, the 
Director may grant one further postponement, but the total postponement 
period shall not exceed 90 days from the reporting date in the order 
invovled.
    (f) Termination of Postponement. (1) A postponement may be 
terminated by the Director for cause upon no less than ten days written 
notice to the ASW.
    (2) Any postponement shall be terminated when the basis for the 
postponement has ceased to exist.
    (3) It is the responsibility of the ASW promptly to notify in 
writing the office

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that granted the postponement whenever the basis for which his 
postponement was granted ceases to exist.
    (g) Effect of Postponement. A postponement of the reporting date in 
an order shall not render the order invalid, but shall only serve to 
postpone the date on which the ASW is to report. The ASW shall report at 
the expiration or termination of the postponement.
    (h) Religious Holiday. The Director may authorize a delay of 
reporting under any of the orders specified for an ASW whose date to 
report conflicts with a religious holiday historically observed by a 
recognized church, religious sect or religious organization of which he 
is a member. Any ASW so delayed shall report on the next business day 
following the religious holiday.