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LAW OF THE AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC

of December 23, 2011 No. 274-IVQ

About conscription and military service

(as amended on 07-03-2025)

This Law according to Item 18 of part I of article 94 of the Constitution of the Azerbaijan Republic determines rules of legal regulation of conscription and military service of accomplishment of the tasks assigned to Armed Forces of the Azerbaijan Republic and also on other military forming created according to the legislation of the Azerbaijan Republic.

Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 1. Conscription and legislation on military service

1.1. The legislation on conscription and military service consists of the Constitution of the Azerbaijan Republic, this Law, other regulatory legal acts and international treaties which participant is the Azerbaijan Republic.

1.2. Questions of execution of military obligations on mobilization are regulated by the Law of the Azerbaijan Republic "About mobilization preparation and mobilization in the Azerbaijan Republic" and the Provision "About Military Service".

Article 2. The basic concepts used in this Law

2.0. In this Law the following basic concepts are used:

2.0.1. conscription - according to the procedure, stipulated by the legislation, military accounting, preconscription training, conscription (including passing of physical examination (medical examination), passing of military service and voluntarily, stay in inventory, appeal on military charges and passing of military charges, accomplishment of obligations on mobilization by citizens of the Azerbaijan Republic;

2.0.2. military service - the special type of public service including service in the Armed Forces of the Azerbaijan Republic or other military forming created according to the legislation of the Azerbaijan Republic, citizens of the Azerbaijan Republic, foreigners and stateless persons, according to the procedure and in terms, stipulated by the legislation;

2.0.3. service in reserve - the office activities consisting in passing of charges and observance of rules of appeal on mobilization in wartime;

2.0.4. military accounting - creation according to the procedure, determined by executive body, lists of recruits and persons liable for call-up for the purpose of completing by staff of Armed Forces of the Azerbaijan Republic or other military forming created according to the legislation of the Azerbaijan Republic;

2.0.5. military registration - registration of all recruits and persons liable for call-up in relevant organ of the executive authority for the purpose of picking by staff of Armed forces of the Azerbaijan Republic and other military forming created according to the legislation of the Azerbaijan Republic;

2.0.6. military specialty - registration of persons which are subject to appeal on active duty (or which can be accepted) in the Armed Forces of the Azerbaijan Republic or other military forming created according to the legislation of the Azerbaijan Republic which possibility of use on military specialties is established;

2.0.7. citizens of preinduction age are citizens of the Azerbaijan Republic at the age of initial military accounting;

2.0.8. recruits are citizens of the male Azerbaijan Republic aged from 18 up to 30 years, not undergone compulsory military service, delivered or subject to statement on initial military accounting;

2.0.9. the military personnel - persons who are in active duty. The person which is called up or voluntarily arrived for active duty is removed from military registration and is accepted on special registration in relevant organ of the executive authority in which it serves;

2.0.10. persons liable for call-up are the citizens of the Azerbaijan Republic transferred to inventory;

2.0.11. not persons liable for call-up are the citizens of the Azerbaijan Republic who are not subject to statement on military accounting retired (translated);

2.0.12. persons which are not subject to military registration, - persons which do not have citizenship of the Azerbaijan Republic citizens who are acknowledged unusable to military service both in peace, and in wartime, are condemned to custodial sanction for certain term or for life for the committed heavy or especially serious crime, reached age limit of stay in inventory, and the woman (except the women having military specialty, who underwent military registration at own will);

2.0.13. medical examination - studying and assessment of the state of health and physical development of citizens of preinduction age, the military personnel at the call of, military personnel, the military personnel of not military structure and the military personnel in the cases provided by this Law for the purpose of determination of their validity to military service, including to training (service) in special educational institutions on separate military specialties (specialties);

2.0.14. the electronic office - the special personal electronic page created in the information system "Electronic Government" which allows citizens (except for the military personnel specified in article 4.4 of this Law) to get acquainted with information on itself connected with execution of obligations of military service by them, to receive it and to submit applications for its change, to obtain information on change of this information, to direct applications electronically, to use services and to make payments;

2.0.15. "The draft letter - the official document providing the notification of citizens on passing of conscription by them body (organization) determined by relevant organ of the executive authority through electronic office, and in case of impossibility of they are in other ways (by means of mail service, e-mail or delivery personally).

Article 3. Conscription and military service in the Azerbaijan Republic

3.1. According to part I of article 76 of the Constitution of the Azerbaijan Republic protection of the Homeland - debt of each citizen of the country.

3.2. Each citizen of the male Azerbaijan Republic who reached 18-year age and suitable for military service for health reasons, according to the procedure, established by this Law, shall undergo the valid compulsory military service in the Armed Forces of the Azerbaijan Republic or other military forming created according to the legislation of the Azerbaijan Republic.

3.3. According to part II of article 76 of the Constitution of the Azerbaijan Republic if beliefs of citizens contradict passing of active duty, then in the cases established by the legislation replacement of active duty by alternative military service is allowed.

3.4. Citizens of the female Azerbaijan Republic aged from 19 up to 40 years, having military specialty which list is approved by relevant organ of the executive authority from their consent can be delivered on military accounting and according to the agreement to pass military service in the Armed Forces of the Azerbaijan Republic or other military forming created according to the legislation of the Azerbaijan Republic.

3.5. Provision of the electronic services connected with execution by citizens (except for the military personnel specified in article 4.4 of this Law) obligations of military service, is performed through information system of the body (organization) determined by relevant organ of the executive authority. Citizens (concerning persons which did not reach military age) and their legal representatives (parents, adoptive parents or guardians) (except for the military personnel specified in article 4.4 of this Law) in connection with execution of obligations of military service by them create electronic office.

Chapter 2. Military accounting of citizens

Article 4. Organization of military accounting

4.1. All persons liable for call-up and recruits are subject to military accounting.

4.2. Military accounting of recruits and persons liable for call-up (except for persons liable for call-up, the stipulated in Article 4.4 presents of the Law) is carried out by relevant organ of the executive authority in the place of their residence, and in case of change of the residence more than for 3 months - in the place of stay.

4.3. The procedure for conducting military accounting of recruits and persons liable for call-up is established by relevant organ of the executive authority.

4.4 Military accounting of the persons liable for call-up transferred to the reserve relevant organ of the executive authority in centralized procedure is conducted by this body.

4.5. The military personnel dismissed from active duty in relevant organ of the executive authority and also the persons dismissed from active duty in relevant organ of the executive authority and not transferred to the reserve this body, or struck off the military register are registered according to the procedure, the stipulated in Article 4.2 presents of the Law.

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